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Meeting Date:
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5/24/2018 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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New Business and Reports to the Board
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Residency Verification Requirements Report
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Objective 6.2 Continuous Improvement ACPS will engage in cycles of continuous improvement at every level of the school division, and it will employ evidence-based decision-making in its consideration of process improvements, policy making, and budgeting and accountability.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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File Attachment:
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Agenda Item Summary:
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As a part of her first year into ACPS, Ms. Ashley met with every school team including the principal or assistant principal, registrar and school social worker. This review process assisted in complying with VDOE school enrollment requirements and School Board Policy JEC and related regulations. Based on those meetings and the feedback from stakeholders, Ms. Ashley and Mr. Jeffrey Carpenter, Executive Director of Student Services, developed residency materials for schools to provide greater consistency from school to school. Residency verification activities have also been aligned with the MTSS process with Ms. Ashley supporting schools at each level, predominantly tier 3 level.
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Background:
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As a part of the FY 2017 budget, the School Board approved a full-time residency verification specialist (RVS) position in the Department of Student Services, Alternative Programs and Equity, and Ms. Amy Ashley was hired for this position. Her primary role is to support schools in ensuring that students attending ACPS are residents of the City of Alexandria or meet other requirements including homeless as defined in the McKinney-Vento Act, placement in foster care, requiring kinship care or a non-resident employee student transfers. As a part of this process, ACPS staff assists families who have been deemed non-residents of the City of Alexandria with identification and registration in the school division in which they currently reside.
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the residency verification information including the proposed documentation for school enrollment purposes.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Lois Berlin -
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