SOCES Annual Title I Meeting Los Angeles Unified School District 2016-2017 SOCES Annual Title I Meeting Thursday, August 25, 2016 Martin J. Price, Principal Soraya Drew, Title I Coordinator Elke Navarro-Couples, EL Coordinator

What is Title I? Federal program to help meet the needs of students. Our enrollment in the program is based on our meal applications. We have a Title I Schoolwide Program The annual Title I meeting must be used to explain the Title I requirements, the school’s participation in the program (schoolwide or targeted, whichever is applicable), and the rights for parents to be involved.

• Explain what participation in Title I programs means, including: o A description and explanation of the school’s curriculum, o Information on the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and o Information on the proficiency levels students are expected to meet;

• Explain the district parental involvement policy, school parental involvement policy, and school-parent compact; • Explain the right of parents to become involved in the school’s programs and ways to do so;

• Explain that parents have the right to request opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. The school must respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible [Section 1118(c)(4), ESEA].