BES is a School-wide Title 1 School. Please click on the links to the left for the Parent Compact and other information.
Parents Right to Know
PARENTS’ RIGHT-TO-KNOW – Section 1111(h)(6)(A-C of the No Child Left Behind Act)
Under the requirements for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, No Child Left Behind 2001, parents of students attending Belmont Middle School have the right to know the following information. Parents may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers including;
a.) Whether or not the teacher meets state certification for grade level and subject areas taught;
b.) Whether or not the teacher is teaching under emergency or provisional certification;
c.) The degree major of the teacher and other graduate degrees.
Parents have the right to know if their child is receiving instruction from paraprofessionals and if so, their qualifications.
Parents will be given timely notice that their child has been assigned to, or has been taught for four consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.
Parents will be given information on the level of achievement the child has made on all state assessments. If you have any questions regarding the qualifications of your child’s teachers/tutors, please call the school at 267-6568.
Additional Information – A school that receives Title I funds must provide to each parent-
a.) Information on the level of achievement the child has made on all state assessments, and
b.) Timely notice that the parent’s child has been assigned or taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.
Format – The notice and information provided to parents under this paragraph shall be in an understandable and uniform format and to the extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand