Parents want kids out of failing schools in New Hampshire

 Requests from parents to transfer their children to another school within the Manchester, New Hampshire, school district have skyrocketed. Last year, 18 children changed schools. This year, 94 families representing 100 children have asked administrators to approve moving out of a school designated “in need of improvement” under No Child Left Behind. The law requires districts give parents that option, but it only applies to schools accepting federal Title I funds for free and reduced lunch. Manchester only uses Title I money in elementary schools. Just three schools had to offer parents a transfer option last year. Now there are eight Title I schools in need of improvement. Read how the district is trying to cope in The Union Leader.