Title 1

Annual Notification: Parent Right to Know 

September 2023 

Dear Parent or Guardian: 
The educators in Madison County Schools are committed to providing a quality instructional program for your child. This letter is just one of the ways of keeping you informed of the educational commitment of our schools and our district. Our district receives federal funds for Title I, Part A programs as a part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Under ESSA, you have the right to request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher(s). If you request this information, the district will provide you with the following: 

1. Whether the teacher has met the state requirements for licensure and certification for the grade levels and subject matters in which the teacher provides instruction;

2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; 

3. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; 

4. Whether your child is provided services by paraeducators, and if so, their qualifications. 

If you would like to request this information, please contact Gina Hall by phone at 859-624-4500 or by email at regina.hall@madison.kyschools.us. Please include your child’s name, the name of the school your child attends, the names of your child’s teacher(s) and an address or email address where the information may be sent. Thank you for your interest and involvement in your child’s education. 
Sincerely, 
Gina Hall
Human Resources Associate Director
 

School year 2023-2024 

Kingston’s Parent and Family Engagement Policy 

Kingston Elementary is a Schoolwide Title I School. Our teachers are committed to building a strong parent-family and school partnership that will allow us, as parents and teachers, to work together to achieve maximum success for all students. We recognize that you, the parent, are your child’s first and most important teacher. Educational research has proven that parent’s continued involvement is essential for student success. Therefore, this policy has been developed to support the building and continued strengthening of the partnership between our parents and the school. 

I. At the beginning of the school year, parents will receive Kingston’s Parent and Family Engagement Policy in their child’s planner. Kingston is a Title I Schoolwide Program. II. Upon request, during the first Family Night event, the Title I coordinator or principal can provide information and answer questions about the Schoolwide Title I Program. The contents provided will consist of: 
 A. Description of the program and activities provided with Title I funds. 
      1. History of Title I, its funding and regulations. 
      2. Choice of subject matter taught. 
      3. How the need was identified (test results) for concentration on this particular subject matter. 
      4. Expectations and standards for raising test results. 
      5. Materials and methods used with the students. 
      6. Samples, suggestions and methods parents can use to assist their children.

B. Distribution of material if needed. 

C. Invitation to come and visit and assist in the classrooms. Must have 
confidentiality training. 

D. Signing and retuning the Home/School Compacts within the first month of school.

E. Informal discussion including question and answer time on request. 
F. Following the first family night with parents, further contact will continue:

      1. Parents will be invited to Parent/Teacher Conferences. 
      2. Parents will be kept informed periodically by One Call Now, Websites, or written notices. 
      3. Notices which require more direct contact with the parents will be 
communicated by telephone or email. 
      4. Information about how parents can better assist their children with the subject matter being taught in the classrooms will be available on Family Night events, Parent/Teacher Conferences, etc., upon request.

G. Title I coordinator and the FRC coordinator will share relevant information with the rest of Kingston Staff and SBDM Council, especially that pertaining to home/school involvement. 

H. Parents will be encouraged to: 
      1. Participate in Family Nights and other school events provided. 
      2. Use Title I and FRC materials loaned through the Kingston Family Resource Center. 

I. At the end of the school year, parents will be asked to help assessing the effectiveness of the Schoolwide Title I program with the Annual Parent Involvement Evaluation. Teachers will welcome suggestions from parents on what the school can do to better home/school relations. Ideas/Suggestions are an important part of this evaluation and are the school’s main means of knowing what the ideas, strengths, weaknesses and concerns parent may have about our school. So please be sure to complete this section of the evaluation.
 

Notification of Testing Transparency  

September 2020

Dear Parent or Guardian:  

 

Sections 1112(e)(2)(A)-(B) of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires the following regarding testing transparency.  

    (2) TESTING TRANSPARENCY.—  

        (A) IN GENERAL. – At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the local educational agency will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding any State or local educational agency policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by section 1111(b)(2) and by the State or local educational agency, which shall include a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable.  

        (B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. – Subject to subparagraph (C), each local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall make widely available through public means (including by posting in a clear and easily accessible manner on the local educational agency’s website and, where practicable, on the website of each school served by the local educational agency) for each grade served by the local educational agency, information on each assessment required by the State to comply with section 1111, other assessments required by the State, and where such information is available and feasible to report, assessments required districtwide by the local educational agency, including—  

            (i) the subject matter assessed;  

           (ii) the purpose for which the assessment is designed and used;  

           (iii) the source of the requirement for the assessment; and  

           (iv) where such information is available—

                (I) the amount of time students will spend taking the assessment, and the schedule for the assessment; and

                (II) the time and format for disseminating results.  

 

Information about these requirements can be found on the Kentucky Department of Education’s Assessments webpage  (https://education.ky.gov/AA/Assessments/Pages/default.aspx).

For further questions or to obtain a hard copy of this material please direct your inquiry to Steve Case, District Assessment Coordinator (steve.case@madison.kyschools.us). 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

08.13451 Title I - Parent and Family Engagement Policy

This policy and the plan to implement it have been developed jointly and inagreement with, and will be distributed to parents and family members of students participating in the Title I program. Parents and family shall be notified of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and to the extent practicable, provided in a language that recipients can understand. This policy shall be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents, family, and the school.

EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Contingent on confirmation of resources and other necessary information being provided by state and federal authorities. It is the intent of the board that parents and family of participating students shall be provided with flexible opportunities for organized, on-going, and timely participation in the planning, review, and improvement of theTitle I program, including opportunities to suggest modifications based on changing needs of parents, family, and the schools. All comments indicating parent and family dissatisfaction with the Title I plan shall be collected and submitted along with the plan to the Department of Education. The Title I program shall be designed to assist students to acquire the capacities and achieve the goals established by law, as well as the goals and standards established by the board. Consistent with law and policy covering student records confidentiality, these goals and standards shall be shared with parents and family in a manner that will give them: (1) timely information about programs;(2) a description and explanation of the school's curriculum, the forms of academic a ssessment used to measure student progress, the achievement levels in the challenging state academic standards; the achievement level of their child on the challenging state academic standards assessments; and (3) if requested, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children. SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM If the District's Title I allocation is $500,000 or more, the District shall reserve not less than one percent (1%) of its allocation for the purpose of promoting parent and family engagement and shall distribute to Title I schools not less than ninety percent (90%) of the reserved funds with priority given to high-need schools. Parents and family of participating students shall be provided the opportunity to help decide how this portion of the Title I funds will be allotted for parent and family engagement activities. The district will provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist schools in planning and implementing effective parent and family engagement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance.

These measures may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 1. Designation of resources to assist in communicating with parents and family, transporting them to meeting sites and/or implementing home visits, providing child-care for meetings, encouraging them to use available parent and family resource centers, and working with them to improve parenting skills, particularly those that will assist them in working with their child to improve his/her educational achievements. Resources may include individuals, agencies, materials, and services. 2. Sharing options for coordinating and integrating Title I program strategies with services of other community programs, businesses, and agencies. 3. Identification of ways in which parents and family can be engaged in staff training activities to demonstrate the value of parent and family engagement and various techniques designed to successfully engage parents and family as equal partners in their child's education. 4. Making a good faith effort to convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which  all parents and family of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend for informing them of their school's participation in and requirements for Title I programs and of their rights to be involved. 5. Designing and conducting an effective annual evaluation process whereby parents can share their ideas about the content and effectiveness of this Policy in improving the academic quality of schools receiving Title I funds, and the plan designed to implement it. The process shall focus on the following questions: Does this Policy increase parent participation? What barriers to parent participation still exist, and how can they be reduced or removed? The findings produced by the annual evaluation shall be utilized to design strategies for school improvement and for revising this Policy, if necessary. 6. In the design of activities and materials for parents, particular attention shall be given to reaching and involving those who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.

SCHOOL POLICY

Each school shall submit to the Superintendent and Board, for review and comment, its Title I school parent and family engagement policy, which must meet all legal requirements, including a school-parent compact developed in keeping with legal requirements. This Policy shall be developed jointly with, and distributed by the school to, parents of participating students.

A copy of each school's parent and family engagement policy and accompanying checklist shall be kept on file in the Central Office.

REFERENCES:

Section 1118 of Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994 P. L. 114-95, (Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015) KRS 157.077; KRS 158.645; KRS 158.6451 KRS 158.865; KRS 158.866; KRS 158.867 20 U.S.C. § 6318 RELATED POLICIES: 03.112; 08.1345; 09.11

Adopted/Amended: 7/12/2018 Order #: 2018-2233  

KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

2845 Battlefield Memorial HWY

Berea, KY  40403

(859) 625-6091

 

                                                                                      Title I School/Family Compact

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Kingston’s Schoolwide Title I Program will focus on the areas of Reading, Writing, and Math to help our students be successful with these skills. We, as Schoolwide Title I Reading, Writing and Math teachers, are committed to building a strong parent-school partnership. This will allow us as parents and teachers to work together to achieve maximum successfor all students.  We recognize that you, the parent, are your child’s first and most important teacher.

Research has proven that a parent’s continued involvementis essential for student success.  Therefore, we have developed this contract to show what we will be working on throughout the year and to share some ideas on what you can work on at home with your child.
 

As a parent or legal guardian of ______________________________, I can help my child achieve success by encouraging the following:

-Good school attendance

-Checking over homeworkdaily

-Plenty of rest each evening

-Attending school conferences 

-Eating a healthy breakfast and lunch

-Discussing the school day

-Reading to or with your child (10 or 15 minutes daily)

-Practicing math, writing, and reading skills as needed 

 

*_____________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature

 

As a student, I agree to give my best effort toward reaching the academic goals appropriate for my age/grade level.

*_____________________________ Student Signature

 

As a classroom teacher, I agree to give my best effort toward teaching the academic goals appropriate for each of my students.

*_____________________________ Classroom Teacher Signature

 

As a principal, and as a Title I representative, we also agree to work and support _________________________ on the following items for the 2023-2024 school year. Our goal is to help with success in reading, writing, and math areas listed below.

Reading Areas                                         Math Areas

a. decoding skills                                    a.  selection and application of procedures

b. comprehension skills                        b.  computational and operational procedures

c. content reading                                  c.  concept development

d. writing across the curriculum          d. problem solving strategies

                                                                   e.  ability to write an explanation that has sufficient details

_________________________ _________________________ Principal Signature  __________________________________________Title I Representative Signature

 

 

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