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Attachment A

Appropriation #2008083 $269,089.45

Revenue Source: Local Revenue (Grant) $ 5,959.00

State Revenue (Grant) 10,378.00

Federal Revenue (Grant) 252,752.45

At its meeting on August 14, 2008, the School Board approved the following appropriations:

The Virginia Commission for the Arts has awarded Hollymead Elementary School with two Touring Grants totaling $995.00. These grants will assist with funding a Theatre IV and Virginia Opera Performance.

The Virginia Commission for the Arts has made grant awards to several Albemarle County Public Schools. Teacher Incentive Grants were made to Baker Butler in the amount of $1,193.00, Burley in the amount of $600.00, Henley in the amount of $300.00, Hollymead Elementary in the amount of $1,500.00, Meriwether Lewis in the amount of $300.00, Monticello High in the amount of $600.00, Murray Elementary in the amount of $300.00, Stony Point Elementary in the amount of $3,300.00, and Western Albemarle High School in the amount of $300.00. These programs will involve interactive activities to include hands on learning experience for students with performing, visual and musical arts.

Stone Robinson Elementary School has been awarded a grant in the amount of $775.00 from the local Childhood Obesity Task Force. These funds will be used to educate students on the new USDA MyPyramid, how to analyze a nutrition label, and the importance of daily physical fitness.

The Virginia Department of Health has awarded Greer Elementary School with a Bike Smart Virginia Bicycle Helmet/Rodeo Mini Grant in the amount of $990.00. These funds will be used to purchase bike helmets and to increase school and community bike safety awareness.

The Virginia Environmental Endowment has awarded Meriwether Elementary School with a Watershed Educational Training Grant in the amount of $4,184.00. These funds will be used to implement the project “Our Global Watershed: Water and Weather Connections”; which will provide students the opportunity to learn about local and global water resources through hands on classroom activities and field trips.

Baker Butler Elementary School has been awarded a Target Field Trip Grant in the amount of $1,000.00. These funds will be used to cover expenses for a field trip to Graves Mountain Lodge. The purpose of this trip is to provide students with hands on, real life learning experiences while studying the reproduction of flowering plants and the critical role of pollinators.

The Reading First grant is a federally funded program designated for Benjamin F. Yancey Elementary School. The grant funds support a comprehensive K-3 reading instructional program and the implementation of prevention and intervention services to include: hiring a literacy coordinator to work with staff to provide high quality research based classroom reading instruction in grades K-3, purchasing research based instructional materials to be used for reading instruction in K-1, providing professional development related to implementing the research based reading instructional materials purchased, purchasing research based intervention materials to be used for reading intervention in grade 2 and 3 classrooms, and purchasing a variety of pleasure reading books for students to read in addition to those books read during core reading instruction time. Expenditures have exceeded appropriations for FY07/08 due to an increase in the federal allocation. Funding for FY07/08 was increased by $6,661.74 from the original budget amount of $160,000.

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB Act), Public Law 107-110, authorized the Title II, Part A as a federal grant program that combines the Eisenhower Professional Development, School Renovation, and Class Size Reduction Grants into a Teacher Quality grant program that focuses on preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals. Expenditures have exceeded appropriations for FY07/08 due to an increase in salaries; paying 1.00 FTE for a Math Coordinator, .50 FTE for an Office Associate, stipends for CAI and staff development. There is a fund balance retained by the State in the amount of $45,246.47 from FY06/07 which may be reappropriated for FY07/08.

Title I is a federally funded program designed to help children meet challenging content and performance standards. It supplements, not supplants, local funding in providing services to students in Albemarle County. The program utilizes strategies that focus on improving teaching and learning and building stronger partnerships between schools and communities to support the achievement of all children who are served. Title I supports reading/language arts instruction for students where achievement does not meet expected standards in the elementary schools where free/reduced lunch percentages are above the County average. Expenditures have exceeded appropriations for FY07/08 due to an increase in staff expenses. There is a fund balance retained by the state in the amount of $173,903.59 from FY06/07 which may be reappropriated for FY07/08. The funds will be spent on salaries and benefits, educational materials, staff development, and telephone charges.

The Albemarle County Schools received additional funding from the Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Grant Award in the amount of $10,039.19 for FY07/08. These funds will be used to modernize and improve Monticello High School’s technology lab.

The Albemarle County Schools has received The Education Technology Formula Grant Award in the amount of $14,901.46 for FY07/08. These funds will be used to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in schools, and providing funds for teacher training and curriculum development.