Title I

The Saint Joseph School District has 12 Title I Schoolwide schools: Bode Middle, Carden Park,
Coleman, Edison, Hosea, Hyde, Lafayette Middle, Lindbergh, Parkway, Pickett, Robidoux, and
Spring Garden Middle.

Title I services are able to offer extra instructional and literacy support along with early childhood programs to help obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards and assessments. Title I eligible schools are based upon the school district’s census poverty data obtained by the district on low-income children through free/reduced lunch counts established by the National School Lunch Act.

Components of a School-wide Program:

Provide opportunities for all children to meet the state’s proficient and advanced levels of student achievement.
Address the needs of all students in the school, but particularly the needs of low-achieving children.
Use effective methods and instructional strategies based upon scientifically based research.
Ensure instruction by highly qualified teachers and provide ongoing professional development.
Maintain a parent involvement policy that promotes and supports parent involvement.
Ensure that students who experience difficulty mastering the proficient or advanced levels of academic standards are provided with effective, timely additional assistance.
Transition plans for assisting preschool students in the transition from early childhood programs, such as Head Start and or a preschool program are in place to guide the transition of these students into elementary school.

Parents Right to Know

Our district is required to inform you of information that you, according to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-95), have the right to know.

Upon your request, our district is required to provide to you in a timely manner, the following information:

Whether your student teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
Whether your student’s teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
Whether your student’s teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

In addition to the information that parents may request, a building receiving Title I.A funds must provide to each individual parent:

Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of your student, if applicable and available, on each of the State academic assessments required under Title I.A.
Information regarding any State or LEA policy regarding student participation in any assessment required under ESEA section 111(b)(2) and by State or LEA, including a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable.
Timely notice that your student has been assigned, or has been taught for4 or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who has not met applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.