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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are three enrichment program options for ES all of which begin at 4th grade.

- Compacted Math- Students do 1 1/2 years of math in one SY.   Math 4/5 covers all of 4th and 1/2 of 5 grade math. Math5/6 covers 2nd half of 5th grade math and all of 6th grade math. Students are not required to continue in the program if the acceleration is too much.

- CES - A central review of all 3rd grade students is done to determine a pool of students needing enrichment and qualifying for CES.  From this pool a lottery is done to determine who is invited to CES. Invited students can accepted or decline.  If declined invitation goes to next person on wait list.  All students in the pool will be automatically eligible for ELC at their home school if not invited to the CES program.

-Enriched Literacy Curriculum (ELC) - Seems to mimic the English/writing/analysis that is available in the CES program at each elementary school for students needing enrichment.  All students who qualify for the CES pool will automatically be in ELC if they remain in their home school.  Principals also have the leeway to add in some students who based on scores and teacher recommendation appear would benefit from enrichment.  This is usually students on were on the cusp of the cutoff for the CES pool or having Ben centrales identified as gifted. Some schools have gone to a while school ELC model. Not sure how this is working.

Students can be in ELC without being in Compacted math and the reverse.  Same is true at the CES program that students will take the math appropriate for them.

Gifted identification is separate from all of the above.  While Gifted students should receive the appropriate enrichment, it does not have to be one of the three programs above.[/quote]

Thank you so much for this! Two f/u questions:

1. Do you know—are kids in full immersion programs also considered for CES?

2. How does gifted identification/follow-through happen—who initiates it, how is this status established, and what happens to the kid once it is? Is there a lottery element to this the same way there is for CES?[/quote]

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