Teacher Allotments & Weighted Student Staffing

In the 2006-07 school year, CMS's new Weighted Student Staffing system changed schools' teacher allotments. According to an analysis prepared by Mecklenburg ACTS, these changes in teacher allotments did NOT effectively address the academic achievement gap in high poverty schools. Instead, they boosted staffing at schools with moderate levels of poverty at the expense of many schools with higher levels of poverty.

Although CMS officials have acknowledged that the Weighted Student Staffing formula used last year has flaws, they are using the same formula to make staff allotments for 2007-08 school year.

Mecklenburg ACTS Weighted Student Staffing Formula Impact Report >>

Funding Equity & Weighted Student Funding

The League of Women Voters of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Education Committee has recommended that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools stop using weighted student staffing and return to a template-based method for allocating resources to majority-poverty schools. League of Women Voters of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Weighted Student Funding Report>>

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