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Worthington schools outline Title I funding, which supports extra intervention staff
Summary
District officials described how Title I federal funds are allocated to schools based on free-and-reduced-lunch rates, prioritized by grade band, and used primarily to hire intervention staff; the district expects roughly $1.3 million in Title I funding this year and is preparing schoolwide plans for three buildings.
Rob Messenheimer, Worthington schools’ director of elementary education, told the board that Title I is the district’s largest federal education grant and is aimed at “level[ing] the playing field for students that come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.” He said the district uses free-and-reduced-lunch percentages to rank schools for Title I eligibility and has adopted a grade-band rank order (K–5, 6–8, high school) to prioritize early intervention.
Messenheimer said the district received about $1,300,000 through Title I last year and expects a similar amount this school year. “We use those funds primarily to add intervention staff to our building,” he said, adding that this year the district funded the equivalent of 10.5 full-time teachers who…
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