Funding Trends and School Distribution in WCPSS Title I Program

Title I March 6, 2015

Current Title I funding Free and Reduced Lunch 35% Threshold: In the 14/15 school year: 59 Title I schools 14 Focus Schools 2 Reward Schools

Current Allotment Bands 850 PPA at or > 50% 775 PPA 35%-50% 750 PPA (Grandfathered) 29-34% PPA- Per Pupil Allotment 44

Schools in each Allotment Band Creech, Walnut Creek, Hodge, Fox, Brentwood, East Garner, Smith, Wakelon, Barwell, Wilburn, Bugg, Lincoln Heights, Knightdale, Zebulon, River Bend, Poe, Carver, Forestville, Green, Wendell, Dillard Drive, Aversboro, Powell, Baileywick, Lockhart, Yates Mill, Reedy Creek, Lynn Road 850 PPA Wildwood Forest, Vandora Springs, Kingswood, Lake Myra, Stough, York, Conn, Richland Creek, Cary, Timber Drive, Durant Road, Vance, Hunter, Swift Creek, Adams, Briarcliff, North Ridge, North Woods, Fuller, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Fuquay-Varina, Wakefield 775 PPA 750 PPA Grandfathered Lead Mine, Apex, Durant Road, Douglas, Forest Pines, Ballentine, Rand Road, Combs

WCPSS Title I Schools Trends Number of Title I Schools , 2005-2016, with percentage of those schools >65% FRL 70 40% 37% 35% 60 30% 50 25% 40 20% 30 15% 20 10% 4% 10 5% 0 0% 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Title I schools % of schools with >65%

WCPSS FRL averages and Title I Schools Trends WCPSS FRL Averages, Highest Title I school's FRL, and Percentage of Title I schools with >65% FRL, 2005-2016 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 WCPSS FRL % highest FRL % of schools with >65%

Change The WCPSS FRL average is 36% The number of high FRL schools has increased significantly over the past 10 years The purpose of Title I funding is to support access to challenging academic standards for students in high need schools

Aligning with the MTSS structure requires Districts to think differently about resource allocations To a chef, it is not a matter of the more spices the better, but rather knowing the spices and applying them strategically where they will enhance the flavor The Skillful Teacher page 221

The WCPSS Strategic Plan Achievement Learning and Teaching Develop and implement a differentiated model to allocate and align resources to schools based on need and performance.

New Plan for Wake Threshold 45% New Per Pupil Allotment District Set Aside for ESM Including Secondary schools at or above >75% Point in Time determination for Threshold

Threshold 45% 650.00 PPA > 65% 550.00 PPA 50-65% Threshold 45% 450.00 PPA 45-50% 375.00 PPA 35-45% (grandfathered) ESM schools receive additional funding from ESM set aside 52

New Per Pupil Allotment Schools in Each Allotment Band Barwell, Brentwood, Bugg, Carver, Creech, East Garner, Fox, Green, Hodge, Knightdale, Lincoln Heights, Millbrook, Poe, River Bend, Smith, Wakelon, Walnut Creek, Wilburn, Zebulon 650 PPA Aversboro, Baileywick, Dillard, Forestville, Kingswood, Lake Myra, Lynn Road, Powell, Reedy Creek, Richland Creek, Stough, Vandora Springs, Lockhart, Wendell, Wildwood, Yates Mill, York 550 PPA 450 PPA Briarcliff, Cary, Conn, Swift Creek 375 PPA Adams, Fuller, Fuquay, Hunter, North Ridge, Northwoods, Rolesville, Timber Drive, Vance, Wake Forest, Wakefield

District Set Aside for ESM Barwell, Brentwood, Bugg, Creech Road Full-time Social Workers at each school Additional Months of Employment (MOE) All Certified Staff of ESM schools will be employed for 10 months All TAs in ESM schools will be employed for 10 months Instructional Coach for each ESM school Smith, Walnut Creek, Wilburn East Garner, Fox Road, Hodge Road, Lincoln Heights, Lynn Road,

Including Secondary schools at or >75% Requirement for any school at or above 75% FRL (Comparability) If a school has 75% or greater FRL and you do not fund this school from Title I funds, then Funding must come from State and Local funds at the same rate as a Title I school s funding within that allocation band to demonstrate funding comparable to that which would have come from Title I. We have had to document comparability for four secondary schools: Longview River Oaks Mt. Vernon Phillips High School WCPSS will fund secondary schools that are at or above 75% FRL beginning in 2015-16

Point in Time determination for Threshold Point in Time Title I Eligibility Eligibility determination for Title I 14/15 and prior Projections from Child Nutrition and Student Assignment (often done in May/June) 15/16 forward Move to Point in Time determination March Point in Time date Allows for more timely planning for administrators Aligned with DPI eligibility requirements

Funding in other districts for the 14/15 school year Charlotte Mecklenberg Threshold 361-364 PPA K-12, 72% Guilford Public Schools Threshold: ES-55% Currently no info. MS-65% HS-75% Durham Public Schools Above 90%- 515 Threshold: 80-90%-495 PPA ES- 40% 60-79%-469 PPA 75% Secondary 40-59%-448 PPA Winston Salem Forsyth Threshold: Between 300-1150 PPA K-12, 50% >90%- 910 PPA 50- 74%- 560 PPA 40- 49%- 490 PPA Threshold: Cumberland K-12, 40% 57 12 Districts contacted. 7 responded

Schools impacted by the threshold adjustment Grandfathered in 14-15 not eligible School 2013 2014 2015 School 2013 2014 2015 Combs 34.47 29.74 35.96 Adams 39.55 39.64 43.23 Rand Road 36.93 29.76 37.13 To be Grandfathered in 15-16 Fuquay- Varina Wakefield 44.7 36.57 43,23 Ballentine 34.68 33.33 31.91 33.9 35.2 42.84 in 15-16 Forest Pines Douglas 34.88 34.32 40.09 Fuller 43.26 37.63 42.73 36.67 34.39 41.3 Vance 44.07 41.91 42.65 Durant Road Apex 35.01 34.02 37.59 North Ridge 42.48 39.38 42.61 38.82 34.54 34.05 Wake Forest 38.87 36.99 41.03 Lead Mine 41.68 34.94 41.75 Rolesville 42.03 36.59 40.34 Timber Drive Hunter 49.31 42.18 44.71 Northwoods 46.44 38.96 39.71 46.13 41.4 44.24 2013 and 2014 are based on projections. 2015 data is based on actual students in the building at the beginning of February. 58

Other impacts of per pupil allotment decreases and threshold change Schools will get support on strategically using grandfathered funding to transition out of Title I. (If, however, the school s FRL is 45% or greater in March of 2016, it will again qualify to receive Title I funds for 2016-17.) Human Resources will ask for a staffing plan from principals to get a handle on displaced employees. Grandfathered schools that are Focus Schools will retain their Instructional Coaching positions for 2015-16.

Other impacts of per pupil allotment decreases and threshold change Loan Forgiveness for teachers: If your school will not receive Title I funds in 15-16 and you have teachers who are counting on Loan Forgiveness, please talk with them. You will get a letter to send home with students on Monday after this information is presented to the BoE Student Achievement Committee. Again, please do not call your teachers Title I teachers. This sends the wrong message to parents, your staff, and your students.

Next Steps Support will be available for these transitions. Please plan to attend a meeting to discuss use of Title I funds in 2015-16 on Tuesday, April 7 (grandfathered) or April 13 (other Title I funded)

Title I Monitoring Visit April 8-10