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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This troll has just been posting in every thread mentioning HS and starting tons of her own. S/he may have inside info. S/he may not. But s/he has yet to back up a single one of her assertions and has repeatedly posted percentage data for schools that is incorrect. [/quote]

Not defending the troll, but I don't think this year's schoolwide percentages are available yet.[/quote]

I assumed they were providing last year's data as they started providing it pre-count day.[/quote]

Head Start eligibility is not based on the overall school poverty percentage, but the percentage of economically disadvantaged students in preK. Yes, all of the schools that will not have Head Start are heavily disadvantaged in grades K/1 through 5, but this is not the case in preK/ECE. If you look at the categorical poverty data for things like SNAP, TANF, homeless children, and foster children the rates for many of the schools that are being cut is extremely low. If DCPS was basing the decision on overall school poverty all of the schools except Ludlow Taylor and Van Ness would still receive the services. Now, Head Start and Title I are two separate things. All of these schools except maybe Ludlow and Van Ness will remain Title I for next year.[/quote]

I agree, it is odd how the troll pops up to make these random assertions but provides no background on how the decision is being made, what percentage a school needs to qualify, what exactly os being withheld, when the announcement will be made, etc.  The list of schools keeps changing too.  A person truly in the know would not leak, or would leak more persuasively.  This just reads like stirring the pot.[/quote]

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