The Fulton County School System’s Title I Department announces open houses for its three Parent Resource Centers. Each event is Aug. 28 from 6-8 p.m.

The parent resource centers – geographically located throughout the county, with one in North Fulton, South Fulton and Sandy Springs – provide parents of children attending Title I schools the opportunity to become more involved in their child’s education.

At the open houses, parents will receive information on upcoming workshops and trainings and community- and school-based support groups, as well as educational materials to help enrich their child’s academic performance.

The centers are located at High Point Elementary School (serving North Springs and Riverwood clusters), Mimosa Elementary School (serving Centennial and Roswell clusters) and Palmetto Elementary School (serving Creekside, Banneker and Westlake clusters).

In addition, the school system’s central parent resource center, which serves all Title I schools, is located in the Teaching Museum South in Hapeville. The building also houses the system’s Title I Department.

Title I is a federal program that provides additional funding to schools serving children in high poverty areas and who are most at risk for not meeting the state’s performance standards, such as Adequate Yearly Progress. AYP is a key piece of the No Child Left Behind Act and is a measure of a school’s academic success and improvement.

Title I funds are distributed by the federal government under No Child Left Behind to assist in the education of students who are economically disadvantaged. In Georgia, schools qualify for Title I funding if 35 percent or more of the children in an attendance zone are deemed to be living in poverty.