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Title I parent urges board to shield enrichment positions and press state on poverty data
Summary
A Title I parent asked the Fairfax County School Board to designate enrichment positions at Title I schools, direct staff to protect those programs from midyear cuts, and pass a resolution asking the Virginia General Assembly to fix poverty and ESOL funding formulas before the May 21 vote.
Soita Aya, a parent at a Title I school, told the Fairfax County School Board on May 12 that Title I students rely on mental-health counseling, social work, enrichment programs, and before- and after-school care that risk being first on the chopping block if Title I funds shrink.
Aya urged three actions before the board's May 21 vote: "First, designate enrichment positions at Title I schools if federal reimbursement are delayed. Second, direct the superintendents to treat these programs as a protected floor in any midyear cut. Third, pass a formal resolution urging the general assembly to fix the poverty data, data formula and ESOL staffing standard in the next budget," she said.
Nut graf: Aya framed the request as both practical and time-sensitive: these students depend on services that are vulnerable to shortfalls in federal and state funding, and she asked the board to adopt protective steps and seek legislative fixes.
Board response and next steps: The board did not take immediate formal action at the hearing; public comment period closed and the board scheduled a work session on May 14 and a vote on May 21.
