FYI: SLE now surpassing TAC with the highest ratio of students in the district that qualify for free or reduced lunch status. Source: Leake County School District Food Service Department report 9.1.09.
SLE - 95.57%
TAC - 93.33%
SLHS - 90.94%
CES - 84.31%
CJHS - 83.85%
CHS - 72.54%
EAC - 62.69%
Think about and research what impact poverty has on our school, communities, and county. How does it impact your teaching? How does it impact student learning?
An informative website you may want to visit is http://www.ahaprocess.com/. This is the web site sponsored by Dr. Ruby Payne, the author of "A Framework for Understanding Poverty."
Email me your thoughts on the subject and share other sources of information that you have found interesting.
JH
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