South Elementary School

1333 Hurdle Mills Road
Roxboro, NC 27573
Mrs. Whitney Sharlow, Principal

Title I: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged

SEC. 101. IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED.

• Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

• TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments. This purpose can be accomplished by —

1. ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards so that students, teachers, parents, and administrators can measure progress against common expectations for student academic achievement;

2. meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children in our Nation's highest-poverty schools, limited English proficient children, migratory children, children with disabilities, Indian children, neglected or delinquent children, and young children in need of reading assistance;

3. closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and nonminority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers;

4. holding schools, local educational agencies, and States accountable for improving the academic achievement of all students, and identifying and turning around low-performing schools that have failed to provide a high-quality education to their students, while providing alternatives to students in such schools to enable the students to receive a high-quality education;

5. distributing and targeting resources sufficiently to make a difference to local educational agencies and schools where needs are greatest;

6. improving and strengthening accountability, teaching, and learning by using State assessment systems designed to ensure that students are meeting challenging State academic achievement and content standards and increasing achievement overall, but especially for the disadvantaged;

7. providing greater decision making authority and flexibility to schools and teachers in exchange for greater responsibility for student performance;

8. providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program, including the use of schoolwide programs or additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time;

9. promoting schoolwide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective, scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content;

10. significantly elevating the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development;

11. coordinating services under all parts of this title with each other, with other educational services, and, to the extent feasible, with other agencies providing services to youth, children, and families; and

12. affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children.

Title I Parent Presentation

Click here for South's 2023-2024 Parent Title I Presentation.

Parent Survey Link

We are always looking for your feedback as we strive to continually improve.

Here is a link to our parent and family survey if you have any feedback you wish to provide!

Parents Right to Know

Teacher Qualifications - PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW STATEMENT(S)

In accordance with ESEA Section 1111(h)(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW, ECPS is notifying every family of a student in a Title I school that you have the right and may request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers and/or teacher assistants.

This information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers and teacher assistants includes, at a minimum, the following:

1. Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.

2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.

3. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.

4. Whether the child is provided services by teacher assistants and, if so, their qualifications.

If you would like to request the qualifications of your child’s teacher and/or teacher assistant please contact your school’s Principal. 

In addition, your child’s school will notify you at any time your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher not meeting state professional qualifications.

Testing Information

This is to notify you that according to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Title I, Part A, Section 1112 (e)(2)(A), you have the right to request, and the school system will provide in a timely manner, information regarding any State or local educational agency policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by Section 1111(b)(2) and by the State or local educational agency.

The Person County Schools annual testing calendar and additional testing information can be found at pcsnc.org/page/testing.

At South Elementary School, we strive to create a collaborative community between staff, families, and students. We have created this Parent and Family Engagement Policy in an effort to make families aware of opportunities to become more involved in school events, academics, and their student’s educational journey. Research shows that increased adult involvement both in the school community and at home directly correlates with student achievement. We encourage all families to be informed and participate in decisions affecting the school and their child’s education.

Below you will find a list of ways to stay informed about what is happening in your child’s academic journey. The responsibilities of the teachers are listed first followed by the responsibilities of the families of South students.

Below you will find a list of ways to stay informed about what is happening in our school. The responsibilities of the faculty and staff are listed first followed by the responsibilities of the families of South students.

Below you will find a list of ways to stay informed about community events hosted at or through the school, as well as through other organizations which partner with our school.