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< Although his amendment was defeated, Shea said Tuesday many of his concerns about access to programming for east-end students could be addressed when board staff embark this fall on a large, district-wide review of secondary programming.
The congregated gifted program, which brings students identified as gifted together in one school to attend a mix of gifted and regular classes, could be phased out completely down the road.
“Staff noted in the report that given the decline of students and the greater interest of students accessing programming with their own community school, there may be a time within the distant future — we’re talking five, 10 years — where secondary gifted programming could be phased out, but when that would happen, there would be a new consultation process and we would solicit the input of parents on that,” Shea said. >
The congregated gifted program, which brings students identified as gifted together in one school to attend a mix of gifted and regular classes, could be phased out completely down the road.
“Staff noted in the report that given the decline of students and the greater interest of students accessing programming with their own community school, there may be a time within the distant future — we’re talking five, 10 years — where secondary gifted programming could be phased out, but when that would happen, there would be a new consultation process and we would solicit the input of parents on that,” Shea said. >