Doublas Baylen
Chairman/President
Title I - Part A NCLB Parent Advisory Council
AIO for
My name is Douglas
Baylen. My wife and I are the parents of two students attending
I am requesting your
immediate assistance to obtain and provide a copy of the 08-10
SIPAAA and copies of the LSC agenda's and minutes from October to
present day to me as a Title I – NCLB Parent. The school has refused
to give it to me. I was informed by the Federal Auditor from the
Department of Education,
I have requested
this information from the Department of Local School Council
Relations and I was informed to request the information from you as
the AIO for Steinmetz.
This is my official
request to you that I would like the info on or before
Steinmetz is a
school on probation, as the AIO you have the authority has given you
from the
We, the Title I –
NCLB PAC provided the LSC, the required*** information to move the
funds, Our Principal was to present the transfer form; she has not
done so at any meeting since October. As the AIO, you can transfer
the funds. I am requesting as the Chairman of the Title I – NCLB PAC
and on behalf of the parents voting to use their funds for workshops
and meeting expenses that our parent training funds be moved as
listed below.
FROM:
Budget line. $ 1,000.00
TO:
Budget line. $ 1,000.00
46291. 332. 54215.390030.430070 CARFARE
These funds will be used to support the transportation cost parents
incur that is one of the provisions of Title I - Part A subpart one
Section 1118 Section e number 8.
Page Two of Letter
to AIO Zeitler from Title I – NCLB Parents, Mr. & Mrs.Baylen
Our Title I - NCLB
program 390030 had $11, 588.00 dollars in it. A year ago, the LSC
Chairman who was also the Chairman of the Title I - NCLB Parent
Advisory Council voted to move our funds to give to teachers. It
was discovered by
At our Title I –
NCLB Parent Advisory Council meeting in
October 07, parents of Steinmetz students voted not to give
all of their parent training funds for classes.
that the school would not or
could not provide us with any assessment information or evaluations
about the classes held last year ($8,000.00) or where the supplies
My name and my
wife's name were included on the 08-10 SIPAAA signature page that is
supposed to reflect the people’s names that actually worked on the
Parental Involvement Policy / Compact. Ms Lofton told us she wrote
the document.
IF we had been
able to use our funds this year, parents wanted to have workshops
and training on the SIPAAA, so parents could learn how to work with
the school as partners. Getting training on Title I - Part A Section
1118 of the NCLB Act would have helped to support Steinmetz parents
learning how to jointly develop and work with the
school so we could also contribute to the academic achievements of
our children. Since the school did not present any part of
the SIPAAA to the Title I NCLB Parents. I have sent a letter
to the Principal requesting that our names be taken off of the
document that we know nothing about and that we have not been able
to share with parents of Title I – NCLB Steinmetz student.
There is still
time to resolve this issue.
We have available funds in a
miscellaneous line of our Parent Training Program.
$2, 739.00
Parents are requesting that
you as the AIO move our available funds into the following budget
lines:
$2,000.00 to The
Professional Services line 46291. 332.
54125.390030.430070
$739.00 to supplies, meeting refreshments for the workshops and
training sessions
we are planning for May to line 46291. 332.
53405.390030.430070
Title I – Part A
subpart one Section 1118 Parental Involvement of the NCLB Act states
under letter E.
Number 14.
To ensure
effective involvement of parents the
Steinmetz...
Steinmetz High School is apparently unwilling to cooperate with the Parent Advisory Council, despite the fact that there are Federal guidelines.