The Francis Howell School District will have two Title I schools identified as Schools in Improvement.  These schools are Central Elementary and Harvest Ridge Elementary.  The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has posted on its website criteria that Central Elementary and Harvest Ridge Elementary, and the district must follow to offer School Choice to their students. To see DESE's website on School Choice, please click here. 

Although requirements in the offering of School Choice state that this must be done 14 days prior to the beginning of the school year, Francis Howell has contacted DESE concerning our school year as it starts before the 14 day period. Due to the time frame that the testing information was released, it is understood that Francis Howell will notify parents as soon as is possible and that school will be started before the 14 day period has elasped.

Letters to the parents of these two schools have been mailed and arrived starting on or shortly after Aug 4, 2011.  If a parent has not received their letter and their child is enrolled at one of these two schools, please contact us at 636-851-4074. Copies of the School Choice letters sent to parents are available by clicking on the appropriate link. 

School Choice Letter:
Central Elementary Notification in English                Harvest Ridge Notification in English
Central Elementary Notification in Chinese               Harvest Ridge Notification in Chinese
Central Elementary Notification in Spanish               Harvest Ridge Notification in Spanish
Central Elementary Notification in Vietnamese          Harvest Ridge Notification in Vietnamese

In addition to School Choice, under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, schools in second and subsequent years of school improvement status are required to offer to eligible parents and their children the option of using Supplemental Educational Services (SES), usually provided in the form of after-school tutoring.  Eligible students are all students from low-income families who attend Title I schools that are in their second year of school improvement, in corrective action, or in restructuring. Eligibility is not dependent on whether a student is a member of a subgroup that did not make AYP or whether a student is in a grade that takes the statewide assessments.

If the funds available are insufficient to provide SES to each eligible student whose parent requests those services, a school district/LEA must give priority to the lowest-achieving eligible students. To learn more about SES, click here. 

SES Providers for 2011-2012:
SES Provider Lists 2011-2012 (Free Tutoring) - Statewide List and St. Louis Area List

SES Free Tutoring Letter* and Provider Selection Form

* All eligible students received a letter informing them of their eligibility.  To check eligibility status, call your child's building principal.

A District SES letter was sent to families of eligible students from Central Elementary and Harvest Ridge Elementary. To see a copy of the letters in the languages the letters were sent, clilck on the appropriate link:
SES Notification in English
SES Notification in Chinese
SES Notification in Spanish
SES Notification in Vietnamese

The contact for NCLB in the Francis Howell School District is Dr. Bryan Williams at bryan.williams@fhsdschools.org or by calling 636-851-4074.