Read the headline “Poverty stricken Guilford County schools face large cuts” on yesterday’s big N&R front-pager and you’ll think it’s the typical schools funding cuts story.
But read closely— the Board of Education tweaked the allocation of federal Title I funding to redirect to the highest-poverty schools. A noble gesture, no doubt –but now poor schools who will lose Title I designation under the new formula are asking ‘where’s the money?’
The school board plans to revisit the issue at its April 14 meeting.
