TITLE 1 STAFF 2012-2013 Lead Teachers: Tommi Jenkins and Patti
Cain Title 1 Assistants: Dawn Hensley, Jim Heines, Paula Moore,
Bonnie Smith, and Kristy Lindsey What is Title 1 Title I is a
federal program which provides assistance to improve the
education of children in high-poverty schools, enabling those
children to meet state academic content and performance
standards. A Title I school is a school with low-income students
making up more than 50% of the student body. These schools may
use Title I funds to create a school wide program to improve
achievement, thereby serving all children in the school. Title I
funding began as a part of the Great Society Program of
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act. The intent of the law was (and still
is) to provide services to students who have academic needs that
are not addressed in any other funding – those who are not
handicapped but who are not working up to their grade placement.
The goal of Title I is a High-Quality