The "enrollment" option on this dashboard shows FARMS rate and other info and claims to have 2024 data: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/data/individual-measures.html |
I think the changes are going to be thorny to undo for this reason- it will be a bad look if majority AA schools gain the funding only to lose it next year. |
There was a Council Education Committee worksession this morning and it does sound like MCPS staff are planning to keep the same methodology for next year? And they are also not taking responsibility for not anticipating the need to collect FARMS data in CEP schools, just constantly referencing federal requirements as though their hands were tied, when they weren't. And saying this method is what the principals chose. I think that is so cowardly. |
Here is what the cutoffs were in 2018: Focus (FARMS >35 percent and< 68.18 percent for 2 or more years) Title I (FARMS> 68.18 percent) https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/meetings/memorandum/181017-es-staffing-model.pdf I haven't found a more recent document. |
Yeah at this point I think it’s intentional and they won’t admit it. |
I agree. And I am stunned why no member of the BOE or the Council has simply asked, "Why did you instruct CEP schools not to collect FARMS applications? Surely, knowing the populations of these schools, you must have known they would have lower direct cert rates? |
Ironic, because virtually non of those Hispanics would qualify for asylum anyway AND the Biden administration threw out Trump's "public charge" rules and went back to the 1999 guidance for those who will later seek a green card. |