U-46, Channing Elementary violated parts of No Child, state board says
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The Illinois State Board of Education says Elgin Area School District U-46 and Channing Memorial Elementary School violated parts of the No Child Left Behind Act regarding parental involvement requirements.
A group of 59 parents from Channing presented the findings to school board members and administrators at Monday’s board meeting.
Krista Badani, a parent of three students at Channing and the school’s PTO president, said that before filing the complaint in February parents had attempted several times to draw attention to the problems and bring the school into compliance with Title I, the part of No Child that aims to improve the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.
“U-46 has all sorts of committees and written policies and beautiful words on paper like ‘parents are our partners’ and ‘our goals are to increase communication and advocacy
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