Board reviews remote-learning plan requirement, Title I funds used for EASE early-literacy program
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The Curriculum & Student Affairs committee reported the district maintains a required remote-learning plan and discussed a Title I-funded EASE program offering early-morning literacy instruction with positive results at the primary school.
The Ocean City School District’s Curriculum & Student Affairs committee reported to the full board that the district maintains a state-required remote-learning plan and that its Title I funds support an early-literacy program at the primary school called EASE.
Doctor McAllister told trustees the committee met on June 11 and discussed the remote-learning plan required by the state. “Even though we don't really do that anymore, it's still a requirement. So we have to keep it up to date,” McAllister said. The plan is posted on the district website, and the committee briefly discussed a potential partnership with the public library to augment the plan, though that partnership is described as being in "its infant infancy" and no firm steps were recorded.
McAllister also explained Title I funding and its application in the district. “Title I funds are federal funds that have parameters around them. Those monies are given by USED to the state DOE and then distributed to schools using a formula,” McAllister said. He described the EASE program at the primary school as a Title I‑funded initiative that brings students to school an hour early for foundational literacy instruction; attendance is voluntary and the program has shown “very good results.”
The committee also discussed NJSIAA membership dues and how the funds are used, but no policy changes were proposed in the committee report as presented to the board.
The board did not take a recorded action to change the remote-learning plan or Title I allocations during this meeting segment; McAllister’s report was informational.