Westfall Middle School is a Title I school located in Williamsport, Ohio that receives federal funding to provide interventions and support services to economically disadvantaged students. As a Title I school, all teachers and paraprofessionals must be highly qualified by having a bachelor's degree, state certification, and subject area expertise. The document provides contact information for the school and district administration and describes the federal funding sources and programs for the 2010-2011 school year. It also outlines the school district's Child Find policy to identify and evaluate children from birth to age 22 who may have a disability.

1. Westfall Middle School
19545 Pherson Pike
Williamsport, Oh 43164
Kathy Payne, Principal Deborah Younge
Sue Smith, Guidance Curriculum Director
740-986-2941 Westfall Local School District
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
ADMISSION OF HOMELESSand support services to students and families in our school
interventions, information
throughout the year.
STUDENTS
As part of the federal requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, we are
The Board notifying that all school-aged at WMS are taught core subject areas by teachers and
believes you that all students
paraprofessionals that are ‘highly qualified.’ In order to be Highly Qualified in the state
students, including homeless students,
of Ohio, a teacher/substitute must meet three requirements:
have a basic right to equal educational
1. Have at least a bachelor’s degree, and
opportunities. Accordingly, the District
2. Have full state certification or licensure, and
must enroll each homeless student in the
3. One of the following:
District in the school determined to be in
the student’s best interest.- A Have successfully completed a State Licensing Exam
homeless
- Have a Master’s Degree in Education (K-6) or Master’s Degree
student is defined as an individual who
lacks fixed, regular and adequate content area (7-12)
in a
- Hold an eight-year Professional or Permanent Certificate
nighttime residence including:
- Have National Board Certification
1. a "doubling up" or Have completed 90 clock hours of professional development in
-
sharing the
housing with another family due to
appropriate content knowledge.
loss of housing, economic hardship
or a similar reason; to know about the teaching qualifications of your child’s classroom
You have the right
teacher in a school receiving Title I funds. The federal NCLB Act requires that any local
2. living in a motel, hotel, trailerfunds must notify parents that they may ask about the
school district receiving Title
park or campground due to theof their child’s classroom teacher.
professional qualifications
These qualifications include:
lack of alternative adequate
1. Whether the teacher has met the Ohio teacher licensing criteria for the
accommodations;
grade level and subject areas in which the teacher provides your child
3. living in emergency or
instruction.
transitionalWhether the teacher is teaching under emergency or temporary status
2. shelters;
4. abandonmentwaives state licensing requirements.
that in hospitals;
3. The undergraduate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate
5. awaiting foster care placement; (such as national Board Certification or Master
degree or certification
Teacher Status) held by the teacher and the field of discipline of
6. a primary nighttime residence
that is a public or privateor degree.
certification place not
designed for, or ordinarily childas, provided services by instructional
4. Whether your used is
a regular sleeping accommodation if so, their qualifications.
paraprofessionals and,
for human beings;
7. living in cars, parks, public
spaces, abandoned buildings,
substandard housing, bus or train
stations or similar settings and

2. 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.