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Meeting Date:
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5/19/2022 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Consent Calendar
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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Title IV, Part A Federal Grant
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 1: Systemic Alignment ACPS will build a culture of continuous improvement and design equitable systems for school and instructional improvement. Goal 2: Instructional Excellence ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction. Goal 3: Student Accessibility and Support ACPS will ensure students have equitable access to and engagement with programs and supports that reduce barriers to learning. Goal 5: Family and Community Engagement ACPS will ensure that all families and community members feel welcomed, respected, and valued.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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File Attachment:
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Agenda Item Summary:
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Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) has been the recipient of a Title IV, Part A grant for the past five years. We will be starting Year 6 on July 1, 2022.
In our first year (2017-2018), we were awarded $81,865.25. The grant's focus was health and nutrition projects to fight childhood obesity on the west side of Alexandria, where kindergarten BMI data revealed a greater incidence of obesity among our young learners. With this funding four elementary schools were targeted: John Adams, William Ramsay, James K. Polk, and Patrick Henry K-8 School.
During our second year of grant operations, our funding expanded to $279,476.88. We continued our focus on childhood obesity and funded projects relating to Social Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Care, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) enrichment, and special education adaptive equipment. We brought our total elementary schools of focus to eight with the additional funding, adding the following four schools: Samuel Tucker, Ferdinand T. Day, Cora Kelly, and Mount Vernon.
Our grant funding is now up to $351,567.01 – so our Title IV team expanded our emphasis into STEM Improvement in both Elementary and Middle Schools. In addition, due to expanded funding from the ESSER grants, the Title IV Student Academic and Health Enrichment funding is doing less with the Covid -19 PPE and other related requests and returning more funding to academics and health.
We are currently in the process of updating our spending plan with division stakeholders. We involve the following departments in our efforts to wisely and effectively execute this grant: Teaching, Learning and Leadership; Facilities and Operations; and Communications and Community Relations.
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Background:
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This grant has many stipulations on how the money can be used. In brief, there are two main areas of concern:
1. Well-Rounded Education (including academic enrichment programs like STEM, SPED enrichment, and the arts)
2. Health and Safety (including PE/Health, School Nutrition with Family Cooking Classes)
Tentatively, we are continuing with the following programs/initiatives:
1. Supporting elementary STEM labs and STEM classroom supplies
2. Expanding support for STEM pilot programming into the middle schools
3. Supporting 5th Grade Teachers with professional learning for new science standards
4. Providing specialized instruction funding for virtual academic enrichment
5. Expanding the arts with after school and summer elementary and middle school Music Choir and Drama programs
6. Offering New Families to America – Nutrition and Cooking classes
7. Expanding PE/Health enrichment programs into our classrooms
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the continued use of Title IV, Part A grant funding.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Gerald R. Mann, Jr. - Executive Director of Instructional Support
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Signed By:
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Dr. Terri H. Mozingo - Chief Academic Officer
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Signed By:
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Dominic Turner - Chief Financial Officer
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Signed By:
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent
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