Anonymous wrote:Community eligibility is actually a really important program for addressing hunger and ensuring that more kids in need get free meals.

“Not only does community eligibility increase participation in the school meal programs, it also reduces labor costs for schools, increases efficiency, reduces stigma, and increases federal revenues.”

https://www.mdhungersolutions.org/federal-nutrition-programs/community-eligibility-provision-cep/

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Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.

CEP is a federal program. MCPS didn’t develop the formula; the federal government did.

Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.

CEP is a federal program. MCPS didn’t develop the formula; the federal government did.

Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.

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Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that the new calculations have dropped four schools and added six. I think finding out which were dropped and which were added will be enlightening.

Sounds like Oak View and Strathmore are dropped, but what are the other two? And which are being added?

And why would the dropped schools not become Focus schools, which still receive additional funding?

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that the new calculations have dropped four schools and added six. I think finding out which were dropped and which were added will be enlightening.

Sounds like Oak View and Strathmore are dropped, but what are the other two? And which are being added?

Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.

Anonymous wrote: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. 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. 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.