Title I is the largest single program of federal aid for elementary and secondary education. The program is the vehicle for the federal government to implement two missions of the United States Department of Education: enforcing equity and promoting excellence in education.

Ohio County Schools has eight Title I Schools, which are listed below:

• Bridge Street Middle School

• Elm Grove Elementary School

• Madison Elementary School

• Middle Creek Elementary School

• Ritchie Elementary School

• Triadelphia Middle School

• Warwood School

• Woodsdale Elementary

• Wheeling Middle School

The schools employ reading specialists, math specialists, and home-school intervention counselors to help support the mission of the Title I Program. Key components of the Title I Program are professional development and parental engagement.

One (1) Title I school was named 2012-13 West Virginia Title I Distinguished Schools. To be selected as a West Virginia Title I Distinguished School, each school must have met the following criteria:

• Been in operation for three or more consecutive years;

• Been a Title I school for three or more consecutive years;

• Have full West Virginia accreditation status; and

• Have made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) separately in reading and math for three or more consecutive years.

The Ohio County Schools Federal Programs are represented by a Federal Programs Parent Advisory Council:

Melody Osborne
Bridge Street Middle

George Czapp
Corpus Christi

Jen Connelly
Elm Grove Elementary

Nicole Kaminski
Madison Elementary

Amanda Knicely
Middle Creek Elementary

Melinda Niehaus
Ritchie Elementary

Anne Ricci
St. Vincent

Adam Brothers
Warwood

Jennifer Kellner-Muscar
Woodsdale

Theresa Costain
Wheeling Middle

Additional information about Title I programs can be found on the West Virginia Department of Education website at https://wvde.state.wv.us/titlei/