Federal Programs

Title I Part A

 Title I, Part A Improving the Academic Achievement
of the Disadvantaged performance standards.

Part A of Title I

Title I is the largest single program of federal aid for elementary and secondary education. Using a poverty-based formula, Title I, Part A allocates funds to offset the effects of poverty on the educational opportunities of low-performing children in high-poverty schools in order to enable all students to be able to reach the NCLB goal of “all students” achieving proficiency on state performance standards. The following Hamblen County schools are Title I schoolwide project schools based on the percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch:

• Fairview-Marguerite Elementary

• Hillcrest Elementary

• John Hay Elementary

• Lincoln Heights Elementary

• Union Heights Elementary

• West Elementary

• Whitesburg Elementary

• Witt Elementary

• Lincoln Heights Middle

• Meadowview Middle

Through a combination of Title I and local funds, Hamblen County Schools employs a full-time reading district reading specialist. Six Title I elementary schools use Title funding to provide a school level reading teacher. District Reading Specialist, Eva Thompson, coordinates reading and language programs in all Hamblen County schools.

Other Title I district-level personnel include Gail Newman, Federal Programs Bookkeeper, and Kim Fox ,
Federal Programs Supervisor.

For further information on Title I, Part A, go to:
http://tennessee.gov/education/acctfedprogs.htm

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