June 16th - talk with Fairfax County School Board members about GT Programs

[Anonymous]

June 16th - talk with School Board members about GT Programs

On Tuesday, June 16th, parents of gifted students have a rare opportunity to converse with School Board members about Local Level 4 classes, GT Center classes, and other related issues.

FCAG is sponsoring a general meeting on Tuesday, June 16th, at McLean HS, in the multipurpose room (Lecture Hall 187), which starts at 7:30 PM. The meeting is free and open to the general public. After we introduce and elect new FCAG officers, School Board members Brad Center (Lee District) and perhaps also Liz Bradsher (Springfield District) will engage in an informal conversation with parents about GT programs.

Please attend this meeting if you can squeeze it into your schedule. And, please also forward this invitation to other parents who have academically gifted children. These two School Board members are graciously volunteering to give up one of their few free evenings, so that they can speak directly with parents who have experience with FCPS gifted programs.

If you have any questions about June 16th, please call me at 703-917-7960.

Louise Epstein
President, FCAG

[Anonymous]

Did anyone go to this meeting tonight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone go to this meeting tonight?

I went to the meeting. There were about 50 to 60 parents that attended. Brad Center and Liz Bradsher were excellent facilitators for what I would call a listening session. Parents talked about all sorts of things they are seeing in their specific schools, and Brad and Liz managed to keep the comments at a high enough level that they started to compile some trends vs. way-down-in-the-weeds anecdotes.

It was a very valuable session.