Westfall Middle School is a school –wide Title school which means that we receive some

federal money through the Title program. The money the district receives for the Middle

School is based on the percentage of economically disadvantaged students identified

through the federal free and reduced meal program. Title monies are to provide

interventions, information and support services to students and families in our school throughout the year. As part of the federal requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, we are

notifying you that all students at WMS are taught core subject areas by teachers and paraprofessionals that are ‘highly qualified.’ In order to be Highly Qualified in the state

of Ohio, a teacher/substitute must meet three requirements:

1. Have at least a bachelor’s degree, and

2. Have full state certification or licensure, and

3. One of the following:

- Have successfully completed a State Licensing Exam

- Have a Master’s Degree in Education (K-6) or Master’s Degree

in a content area (7-12)

- Hold an eight-year Professional or Permanent Certificate

- Have National Board Certification

- Have completed 90 clock hours of professional development in

appropriate content knowledge.

You have the right to know about the teaching qualifications of your child’s classroom

teacher in a school receiving Title I funds. The federal NCLB Act requires that any local

school district receiving Title funds must notify parents that they may ask about the

professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher.

These qualifications include:

1. Whether the teacher has met the Ohio teacher licensing criteria for the

grade level and subject areas in which the teacher provides your child

instruction.

2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or temporary status

that waives state licensing requirements.

3. The undergraduate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate

degree or certification (such as national Board Certification or Master

Teacher Status) held by the teacher and the field of discipline of

certification or degree.

4. Whether your child is provided services by instructional

paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

Westfall Middle School 19545 Pherson Pike

Williamsport, Oh 43164

Kathy Payne, Principal

Sue Smith, Guidance

740-986-2941

ADMISSION OF HOMELESS

STUDENTS

The Board believes that all school-aged

students, including homeless students,

have a basic right to equal educational

opportunities. Accordingly, the District

must enroll each homeless student in the

District in the school determined to be in

the student’s best interest. A homeless

student is defined as an individual who

lacks fixed, regular and adequate

nighttime residence including:

1. a "doubling up" or sharing the

housing with another family due to

loss of housing, economic hardship

or a similar reason;

2. living in a motel, hotel, trailer

park or campground due to the

lack of alternative adequate

accommodations;

3. living in emergency or

transitional shelters;

4. abandonment in hospitals;

5. awaiting foster care placement;

6. a primary nighttime residence

that is a public or private place not

designed for, or ordinarily used as,

a regular sleeping accommodation

for human beings;

7. living in cars, parks, public

spaces, abandoned buildings,

substandard housing, bus or train

stations or similar settings and

8. migratory students.

Deborah Younge

Curriculum Director

Westfall Local School District

This information may be requested from Kim Davey at the Westfall District Office, 740-

986-3671.

Federal Funding for 2010-2011: Westfall Local School District will receive federal funding through the following student programs for the 2010-2011 school year:

Title I: Schoolwide Assistance

Title II-A Improving Teacher Quality

Title II-D Technology

Title VI-B Special Education

VI-B ECSE Early Childhood Special Education The Consolidated Application for this school year is prepared and submitted

electronically to the Ohio Department of Education. Any individual interested in

reviewing the application may contact Westfall District Office at 740-986-3671 to

schedule a review appointment.

CHILD FIND: Westfall School District’s Child find Policy requires that all children below twenty-two (22) years of age residing within the district, who have a disability regardless

of the severity of the disability, and who are in need of special education and related

services are located, identified and evaluated in accordance with all federal regulations

and state standards.

For children birth through age two, a disability means that a child have a behavior,

cognition, communication, physical development, sensory development and/or social or emotional development deficit.

For children age three through five years of age, a disability means that a child has a

documented deficit in one or more of the following areas: communication skills, hearing

abilities, motor functioning, social emotional/behavior functioning or vision abilities.

For school-age children, a disability means a person having one or more conditions such as autism, developmental handicap, hearing handicap, multi-handicap,

orthopedically and/or other health handicaps, emotional/behavior handicap, specific

learning disability, traumatic brain injury or vision handicap.

If you are aware of a child you think may have a disability, please contact Billy Dennis,

Director of Special Programs for Westfall Schools, at 740-986-2911 or 740-986-4008.