South Point School Offers Free Tutoring |
| South Point School Offers Free Tutoring Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:32 PM PST Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:00 pm | Updated: 1:27 pm, Fri Jan 14, 2011. South Point Elementary will offer a second session of free tutoring to students who qualify. A parent meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. at the school to explain the program, according to Washington School District Assistant Superintendent Dr. Judy Straatmann. The tutoring is required under the federal mandate, No Child Left Behind, she said, because South Point is in level two of "school improvement," meaning certain subgroups of students failed to meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements for two consecutive years. South Point is one of over 500 Title I schools in Missouri in the improvement category. Union, Rockwood, Parkway, Sullivan and Francis Howell are among area districts who have schools in this category. The tutoring program is required only of Title I schools - those which qualify for federal Title I funds based on the percentage of students in the building who qualify for free or reduced lunches. And only those students who meet that qualification are eligible for the free tutoring, Straatmann said. About 40 percent of South Point's students qualify for free or reduced meals, she said. "We are currently finishing our first semester of tutoring right now, and we have 24 students taking advantage of the program," Straatmann said. "The program is designed to provide additional tutoring to students who could use more assistance in reading." Straatmann said federal dollars will pay the cost of the program which is offered by outside providers such as Sylvan Learning Center. Parents can choose a tutor from a list provided by the district. "The tutoring is not a program of the district, however we do have some of our teachers who are contracted by Sylvan so it's possible that a Washington School District teacher is assisting with the tutoring," she said. Critics of No Child Left Behind say the federal requirements are not fair since students are measured by state testing standards which vary greatly throughout the country. Missouri is considered to have tougher state exams than many other states. The requirements to demonstrate adequate yearly progress also become increasingly harder each year which some school leaders say are not realistic for certain subgroups of students, including those receiving special education services. By 2014, all students must reach 100 percent proficiency on state tests to meet NCIB goals. Schools who fall into the school improvement category also are required to offer parents the opportunity to send their child to another school within the district. Straatmann said only two families at South Point have chosen to do so. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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