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12:07 here.  What are you taking about?  Budget constraints aside, nobody said anything about getting rid of GT services.  It's clear that 10:25 was talking about what has traditionally been considered to be "Gifted and Talented" education -- the GT Center (and now Local Level IV) instruction.  11:54 referred to Level I services, which is indeed offered to everybody.  Describing Level I services as "Gifted and Talented" strains credulity.  It's like how the smallest drink at Starbucks is a "tall."  Hence, my "Lake Wobegon" reference, which was apparently lost on you.  It's where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon[/url][/quote]

What is apparently lost on you is that Level I services, provided to all students in elementary schools, is run by the Advanced Academics division in Instructional Services in FCPS.  These Level I services are provided to students by Advanced Academic Resource Teachers.  If these Level I services are provided to all students, and not just to those that are identified as gifted, why are the services included in the GT budget?  Shouldn't these services be provided by classroom teachers, and then the GT budget could be reduced in turn, including by reducing the number of Advanced Academic Resource Teachers county-wide?

If something is not gifted education, it should not be labeled as such, and should not come from the Instructional Services' Advanced Academics budget.[/quote]

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