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Board approves ESSA (ESEA) application after needs assessment highlighted gaps in participation
Summary
The school board approved the district's ESSA (ESEA) grant application May 21 after staff detailed the comprehensive needs assessment and proposed Title 12d4 allocations. The assessment found low survey response rates and asked staff to provide itemized budget breakout for the line items cited in the grant.
April Blunt, PCPS grant manager (joining by Zoom), presented the district's Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA/ESSA) grant application and the supporting comprehensive needs assessment; the board approved the ESSA application that night.
"We did a comprehensive needs assessment...we had 24 participants that participated," Blunt said, describing central elements of the needs-assessment process and the online survey used to collect feedback from parents, students and staff. The presentation…
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