The Santa Teresa Middle School and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

The following procedures ensure that Santa Teresa Middle School will provide parents of children being served in the Title I program an adequate opportunity to be involved in the planning, implementation, review and improvement of the Title I program in accordance with Section 1118 of Title I law: