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That Superintendent's Recommendation #22-239, Grant Award, be adopted as follows: that the School Committee accept and approve the grant award below in the amount and for the period indicated: FY23 Title I Distribution, for the period of August 31, 2022, to June 30, 2023, in the amount of $1,256,650.00.Grant SC23604. Description: The FY22 Title I grant will fund the program coordinator plus additional teaching staff at four elementary and two upper schools. Intervention teachers in math or ELA will serve at-risk students at the Kennedy Longfellow, King Open, Morse, and Fletcher Maynard Academy. At Cambridge Street Upper School, the grant will fund a 1.0 reading interventionalist, and at Putnam Ave, the Title I grant will fund a 1.0 math interventionalist. In addition, the grant will fund two half-time reading recovery teacher leaders who will provide professional development for all district early literacy interventionalists, a .33 social worker to serve homeless families, a 1.0 family liaison, and a .75 clerk. The grant budget also provides funding for summer school, community partners, parent involvement, supplies, as well as services to eligible students in private schools.