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Forsyth County student services outlines federal-program funding and special-education growth
Summary
Student services staff reviewed federal-program planning (Consolidated LEA Improvement Plan), reported 21% free/reduced lunch, rapid ESOL growth, and described special-education expansion and supports including MTSS, EduCLIMBER monitoring, and in-district Compass behavior services.
Sarah Taylor, director of Student Services, told the Forsyth County Schools board on March 11 that her department’s work centers on district Goal 2 (the learner experience) and described how federal programs and special-education services are deployed to support students.
Taylor said the district uses Georgia’s consolidated application and a comprehensive needs-assessment (CNA) process to develop the Consolidated LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP) that directs federal funding for Title I, Title II-A, Title III, Title IV-A, the McKinney-Vento/neglected and delinquent supports, and IDEA. “At the center of our work, of course, is how we support the whole child in our district,” Taylor said.
Why it matters: Taylor and colleagues presented data showing the district’s demographic and program pressures. At the October FTE count about…
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