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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 024 720 UD 006 892 A Program for the Educationally Deprived under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Public Law 89-10, Title 1. 1967-1968. Sacramento City Unified School District, Calif. Pub Date 68 Note-142p. EDRS Price MF-$0.75 HC-$7.20 Descriptors- *Compensatory Education Programs, Data, *Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Exhibits, Federal Programs, *Integration Plans, Private Schools, Program Evaluation, Program Planning. Racially Balanced Schools, School Personnel Identifiers-Economic Opportunity Act. *Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title1. EOA, ESEA. Project Aspiration. Sacramento City Unified School District This report contains basic data and procedural information about the 1967-68 Title I programs in Sacramento (proposed proiects and components, professional duties, facilities and instructional materials, and policy statements on integration and the participation of nonpubhc school children). It also gives information on (1) the progress of Project Aspiration, established to offer greater opportunity to students who have suffered from the inequalities of a de facto segregated education, (2) Economic Opportunity Act and locally-initiated programs, and (3) plans for meeting long-range needs for facilities to insure ethnic and racial balance in the schools. (See also UD 006875.) (EF) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFECE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. A PROGRAM FOR THE EDUCATIONALLYDEPRIVED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY ANDSECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF1965 PUBLIC LAW89-10TITLE I 1967-1968 SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOLDISTRICT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PLAN Copy No. Submitted to the California State Department of Education Under the Provisions of P.L. 89-10, Title I. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and SB 482, McAteer Act of 1965 RAISING ASPIRATIONS Joseph H. Lynn, Director Compensatory Education Department Sacramento City Unified School District P.O. Box 2271 Sacramento California 15810 444-6060 X 313 Submitted by Board of Education, Sacramento City Unified School District Initiated by Authorized by Fiscal Officer F. Melvyn Lawson Adolph Moskovitz Charles T. Glenn Superintendent President Assistant Superintendent Sacramento City UnifiedBoard of Education Business Services School District Sacramento City UnifiedSacramento City Unified P.O. Box 2271 School District School District Sacramento, California P.O. Box 2271 P.O. Box 2271 95810 Sacramento, California Sacramento, California 444-6060 X 256 95810. 95810 444-6060 X 256 444-6060 X 213 Deputy Superinteriaent Presiaent Core Project: Supportive Component: Reading, $260,175 Food Services, $25,942 English Language Arts, $53,871 Health Servicez (Audiometric), . Educational Plan to Alleviate $12,695 DeFacto Segregation, $130,280 Transportation Services, $186,611 English As A Second Language, In-Service Training, $111,286 $32,256 Reduction of Class Size, $129,123 Teacher Aides, $132,761 Department Use Total Federal FundsRequested: Amount of Entitlement: Duration of Overall Program: Beginning Date Ending Date Date Transmitted: Fiscal Program Development Reviewed by: Community Services Evaluation TABLE OF CONTENTS E.S.E.A. Title ISchool District: Establishment of 1 Advisory Committee not Funded by CompensatoryEducation Projects Summary of Opportunity Act the Office ofthe Economic 1 (Community ActionPrograms) not Funded Summary ofCompensatoryEducation Projects Opportunity Act) . 4 (Title I or theOffice of Economic 9 Title I Projectsand Componentsfor 1966-67 16 Proposed Title IProject Componentsfor 1967-68 40 Duties andResponsibilities ofPersonnel Supplies Equipment, Facilitiesand Instructional 52 Acquired withTitle I 53 Integration Statement . 59 Specific Plans forReduction to 80%Level 63 Evaluation Plansfor 1967-68 E.S.E.A.Projects 67 Basic Data - Part I . 75 Project Application -Part II 80 Statement byCommunity ActionAgency Non-Public SchoolChildren 81 Statement ofParticipation of 86 Appendix of the PupilPopulation of the Ethnic Composition District, Fall, 1966 Sacramento CityUnified School Project Aspiration -Progress ReportNo. 1 No. 2 .Project Aspiration -Progress Report Meeting the Long-RangeFacility Pinsible Plans for District Needs in theSacramento CityUnified School COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PLAN I. Establishment of E.S.E.A. Title I SchoolDistrict Advisory. Committee: The Community Educational Advisory Committeewas established in the spring of 1966 and held its firstmeeting on May 10, 1966. Thisccommittee is composed of 40 members. Twenty-one of these membersare representatives from the targetareas; three represent the neighborhoodcouncils; five represent religious groups and non-publicschools; two represent the business community;one is a representative at large;one represents the Sacramento Area EconomicOpportunity Council; and seven represent theSacramento City Unified School District. Representatives from the targetareas are elected representa- tives in, mostcases. The chairman of the committeerepresents the Oak Park neighborhood. The committee has had monthlymeetings at which compensatory education proposals forour district have been presented, discussed, and votedon. Both Community ActionProgram projects and Elementary andSecondary Education Act TitleI Proposals which are being submittedwere approved unanimously by the Community EducationalAdvisory Committee. Major changes in the school district'sElementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Proposalwere initiated by this group. The Community Educational AdvisoryCommittee is a permanent committee. It will meet monthly during theentire year and will deal with operation andevaluation. As soon as this year's proposalsare adopted, it will begin the task of coordinating and identifyingmore meaningful compensatory education programs using allresources for the school year 1968-1969. The local Community Action Agencyis the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council, The assistant director sitson the District Advisory Committee. II. Summary of qmpensatorx EducationProjects Funded by the Office of The Economic 0ortunit Act (Communit Action Programs : 1966-1967 A. Preschool Children and TheirParents (36 weeks)- Twelve half-day classes inseven schools were conducted. This program is designed to help preschool childrenand their parents from targetareas be better prepared for the children's formal schooling. Schools involved in this proposal included: American Legion, ElderCreek,'Ethel Phillips, Fruit Ridge, JedediahSmith, Oak Ridge, and 1 Washington Elementary Schools. This program zeroedin on preschool children aged four to sixand their parents. Provisions were made toserve 180 children andup to 150 parents. This componentwas sponsored by the Sacramento City Unified School District. Supporting Services for ProjectAspiration (An Educational Plan for The Alleviationof DeFacto Segregationin the Sacramento City Schools) (36 weeks)--this was a supportive' plan to help insure thesuccess of Project Aspiration. It was divided into threesections. The first section included four home visitorswho were selected from the American Legion neighborhoodand who worked withresource teachers and other schoolpersonnel at the receivingschools to serve as a bridge betweenthe home and the school. This involved approximately 1,069students in grades kinder- garten through sixth from fivedefacto segregated schools. The second section dealtwith bus matrons. Fourteen bus matrons were hired from thetarget areas toassure the safety of students beingtransported under Project Aspiration. They also helped teachthese studentsproper behavior, responsibility and respectfor property,manners, and self-control. This involved approximately750 students in grades kindergarten throughsixth from five defacto segregated schools. The third section dealtwith health services.. This serviceprovided dental and medical examinations and serviceswhere they were notavailable under any other facility. This componentwas sponsored by the Sacramento City Unified SchoolDistrict. C. Study Centers (34 weeks)--anextended dayprogram to provide remedial instruction, supervised study, and enrichment . activities for disadvantagedstudents utilizing volunteer tutors and Sacramento CityUnified School District teachers. 750 students in gradesfour, five, and sixwere involved in the SacramentoCity Unified School District. This projectwas sponsored by the CommunityWelfare Council. D. Head Start (8 weeks)--inorder for children toreap the greatest benefit from learningexperiences and opportuni- ties provided schools,they must have had adequatepre- school experience. This programwas designed to help preschool children and theirparents be better prepared for the children's formalschooling. Schools involved include: Fremont, Washington, Pacific,Oak Ridge, Camellia, Jedediah Smith,St. Peters, and AmericanLegion Elementary Schools. 390 preschool children,ages four to six, were served by thiscomponent. This projectwas sponsored by the SacramentoCity Unified SchoolDistrict, Oak Park NeighborhoodCouncil, and the GlenElder-Elder Creek Neighborhood Council. E. Neighborhood Youth Corps (summer, 6-Weeks; regular school year, 36 weeks)--this program provided work experience for disadvantaged high school students who need funds to calable them to remain in school. Schools involved in this program were