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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This type of thing will really be the final nail in the coffin for public education. They think they can get away with it because people don’t have other options, but they do. Especially those families.[/quote]

Seems like the next decade will create many middle and lower class voters who will want to vote for school vouchers.[/quote]

Obviously this is part of
the very intentional efforts of many people in power. In the PNW it’s coming from a strain of angry libertarian tech bro types. Elsewhere it’s more of a religious or right thing, but it doesn’t matter because the end result is the same: drain public goods of resources and divert them to line the pockets of people in the private sector while insisting it’s good for the little people.[/quote]

The efforts to destroy gifted and talented education are coming entirely from the LEFT.

Ie: democratic politicians and voters. [/quote]

Elementary school students don’t need the program and most of the kids in it aren’t even gifted, they just tested well.   The smart kids will have their AP classes in high school, do well and go to a good college.    If a child is actually a prodigy then the local gt program wouldn’t be enough for them anyway.  [/quote]
Why take it away? Many of the kids enjoy it. Let them have it.[/quote]

Maybe they have determined based on cost/benefit analysis that it’s not worth the money. If they don’t have a lot of money they need to sink it into AP classes and equipment needed for top notch science classes and other high school items.  [/quote]
The program doesn't cost more money. The curriculum and materials are the same as gen ed - they just do them a year or two ahead. The district doesn't pay for HCC transportation. The main cost is testing but that will continue as the program still technically exists. In fact, the district is now doing universal testing so more kids then ever are being tested. For absolutely nothing.

No one is going to sink money into AP science classes. Since kids will no longer allowed to accelerate in math and science, some of those classes will actually be cut instead.[/quote]

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