Parent Responsibilities
Dear Parents,
Greetings and welcome to Sampson County Schools! You have a right to know several pieces of key information about your child and the school. Federal laws allow you to know about the license and professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers. You have the right to request this information and have it provided to you in a timely manner. Much of the information about the schools' profiles and statistics can be found on the school report card published annually by the Department of Public Instruction.
Currently, all of our schools qualify for Title I funding and will be funded in 2022. Our schools fall between 80-40% poverty status. Title I funds are additional supplementary federal funds that are distributed to schools to meet the needs of at risk students. These funds provide extra support and learning opportunities to meet state standards. Districtwide initiatives to support our schools include: Instructional coaches, Imagine Learning K-4, Imagine Math K-12, summer school remediation, professional development, and a beginning teacher support program. Most Title I funds are used to provide additional instructional teachers and support instructional staff to reduce class size and purchase instructional materials and supplies beyond state and local per-pupil rates. Title I funds are in poverty strands with a three-tier system.
Tier I 80-75% economically disadvantaged: Union Intermediate, Union Elementary, Roseboro Elementary, Hargrove Elementary, Union Middle
Tier II 72-62% economically disadvantaged: Roseboro Salemburg Middle, Salemburg Elementary, Union High, Sampson Early College, Hobbton Elementary, Lakewood High, Hobbton Middle
Tier III 61-40% economically disadvantaged: Clement Elementary, Hobbton High, Midway Elementary, Midway Middle, Midway High, Plainview Elementary
All Title I schools must hold an annual accountability night to share their state academic rankings, the Title I plan, and parent and family engagement activities for the year, within the first thirty days of the school year. Title I schools are required to meet state and federal mandates for achievement called AMOs Annual Measurable Objectives.
Title I, Part A of Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, Reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. In 1995, Title I replaced Chapter I. ESSA was then reauthorized in 2001 and was called the No Child Left Behind Act NCLB. The latest reauthorization was approved by the US Congress and signed into law in December 2015. It is known as the Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA. ESSA is a national education law and it replaced NCLB. The US Department of Education approved North Carolina’s ESSA plan on June 5, 2018. The approved plan “calls for the state to support individualized instruction and learning for both students, including using adaptive environments, personalized learning, and empowering educators.” Ten-year goals were established for student performance to close achievement gaps among subgroups between end-of-grade and end-of-course.
Each subgroup that has over thirty students identified must meet annual learning goals and targets increasing proficiency each year to reduce achievement gaps. Sampson County Schools had only one subgroup that did not adequately make achievement progress. This subgroup category was our SWD students with disabilities. Sampson County Schools received TSI targeted support funding and chose to provide professional development on Inclusion Strategies and Interventions by Toby Karten through Solution Tree for ten schools (HMS, HHS, MES, MMS, MHS, RES, RSMS, SES, UIS, and UMS). All of our students deserve the best educational environment possible. Sampson County Schools teachers are working to provide a strong system of support for all of our students each and every day. A school performance model is used. Schools are given a letter grade of A-F based on student growth and proficiency measures and targets. Official grade levels are only available at this time for 2018 as we await our official scores in math. In 2018, fifteen schools maintained their current status with Clement and Sampson Early College carrying the A overall status. Hargrove Elementary, Hobbton Elementary, Hobbton High School, Midway Elementary, Midway Middle, Midway High, Roseboro Elementary, and Union Elementary are B overall status schools. Overall C status schools are Hobbton Middle, Lakewood High, Union Middle, Roseboro Salemburg Middle, and Union High School. Schools that changed status categories were Plainview Elementary, which went from a B to an A. Union Intermediate moved from a C to a B status and Salemburg Elementary moved from a C to a B overall status. We are very proud of our teachers and students that continue to perform at high proficiency rates. Sampson County Schools is "dedicated to continuous improvement."
If you have any questions, please consult your child’s principal or the federal programs director. We welcome you as a valued partner in your child’s education.
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