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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, which was the first year TPES wasn’t designated as a focus school, the FARMS rate was 41.8%.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know how a focus school is determined? What’s the FARMS rate cutoff? Does a school have to hit a certain FARMS metric for a certain number of years before the designation is changed?[/quote]

I don't know the exact cutoff, but all of the focus schools are listed in the chart on page 3 here, so it can probably be extrapolated, if someone wants to take the time.

[url]https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP25_Chapter3.pdf[/url][/quote]

The class size for focus schools is only for k to 2. My kid is in a focus school in 3rd grade and their class has 25 plus kids. The focus status does mean more staffing and paras.

I believe the cut off for focus is around 50-60 percent Farms

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/budget/archiveDetail.aspx?id=125&year=2016&order=39&keywords=[/quote]

True, this only effects K-2 but since we're talking about TPES, which is K-2, does it matter?

Also, 50%-60% is well above what is required to be designated as Title 1, let alone a focus school. Focus is much lower like 30% or higher, but below title 1. In fact, TPES was around 30% farms when it was a focus school.

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It was in the low 30s when my oldest was there a couple years ago.[/quote]

The county probably just changed the percentages needed to qualify.[/quote]

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