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Title I
Federal Programs are a part of all our schools in Haywood County. Many of these
programs were introduced back in the 1960s and have provided millions of dollars
towards the education and nutrition of countless numbers of Haywood County’s
citizens. These Federal Programs consist of our Title Programs (I IIA, IID, III,
IV, V, VI). Special Education Program (IDEA), Vocational Education Program (Carl
Perkins) and our Breakfast and Lunch programs.
Title I is the largest of the Federal Programs. We operate this program in our
four elementary schools as school-wide programs. By classifying an elementary
school as school-wide, it allows us to avoid individual identification of
students who are not achieving at the level set forth by the federal government,
thus avoiding stereotyping a student. Because of our school-wide status, we are
able to use federal funds to indirectly assist those students who are not
achieving at the proficient level. This is accomplished by hiring staff
(teachers and assistants) to help lower the pupil-teacher ratio and assist in
the classroom, provide additional materials, supplies and equipment for the
classrooms, provide professional training for teachers, assistants and
administrators, provide funds for operating our pre-school, and provide computer
labs for all our elementary students.
The Open Houses at the different elementary schools serve as our annual meeting
for various Federal Programs. Parents are encouraged to attend these functions.
If they have any questions pertaining to any of the Federal Programs, they need
to be addressed to the individual school administrators or contact the Haywood
County Board of Education at 731-772-9613 and ask for the Federal Programs
Director, the Special Education Director, the Vocation Education Director or the
Food Service Director.
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