District presents Title I funding use, curriculum adoptions and parent engagement plan
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Summary
District staff reported receipt of more than $7 million in Title I funds, described how those dollars are allocated (including a required 1% set-aside for parent-family engagement), and reviewed curriculum adoptions and assessment frameworks used across grade levels.
Nate Talbot, the district’s data, assessment and federal funding specialist, presented the annual Title I parent meeting, explaining the federal-to-state-to-district flow of Title I funds and how allocations are determined by the share of students from low-income families.
Talbot told attendees the district received “over $7,000,000” in Title I funds this academic year and that, because the district received more than $500,000, federal rules require at least a 1% set-aside for parent and family engagement. He said that set-aside amounts to roughly $60,000 that is distributed to buildings for parent-engagement activities and that Title I supports are commonly used for supplemental staff (math and reading interventionists), curricular resources, after-school tutoring and summer school.
The presentation also listed new or adopted curriculum and assessment tools across K–12 — including Reveal Math and Wonders for elementary ELA/math, UFLI for foundational literacy, Envision for high-school math, and district-wide interventions such as I Ready pathways and Project Lead The Way — and described state assessments (M-STEP), PSAT/SAT use for growth measures, and locally determined growth target setting for the superintendent evaluation process.
Talbot and other presenters encouraged parents to review the district’s Title I budget on the district website and to participate in annual Title I nights and family-engagement events.
