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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what is up is that for schools who are on the CEP (Community Eligibility Program) for meals, schools did not collect FARMS information in the Fall at the direction of MCPS.  [b]Instead MCPS developed a formula that uses the number of students who are from families with SNAP benefits. It seems that MCPS was not are that these are very different groups of people.  Many low income families are not eligible for SNAP.  As a result some schools which are typically in the automatic qualification group for Title 1, dropped below the threshold. [/b] Unfortunately this seems to be most the case for schools with a higher number of undocumented families in their population.

There is work to be done to rectify the situation.  Oakview has had no trouble with Title 1 qualification in the past even with the CES which is only about 10% FARMS students.  However with the loss of counted students in the new formula Oakview only comes up to 63% low income students.  It would be 88% if the CES was not factored in.  The K-2 school that Oakview is paired with New Hampshire Estates has the highest proportion of low income students in the county. [/quote]

Thank you for this information. Which office/which people in central office were responsible for developing this new formula?[/quote]

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