Neen and Westfield, My point is that there are three levels of GT which are not in centers. Relatively speaking, they are cheap. First, Young Scholars are not in centers, so they merely go to the gifted math teacher when the grade breaks for math. In your descriptions, Neen, you tend to mix this with centers and go the heck in a handbasket route; YS has nothing to do with diluting a center, wha
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Ask Neen. She's the numbers person. I can only vouch for the kids in the program that I know and none are on FRL. That's not to say that some others are; I only know what I know. From my experience, it is an unfair, broad generalization for GT or YS kids. There is no such thing as "all."
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Neen said: "That is NOT the case since GT centers were expanded from 4.5% to 14%. Many of the current GT students do NOT speak English and many need remedial help in English and/or math. Many of them are also now FRL. The GT office gets most of their funding through their 'Young Scholars" program which is designed to place more Blacks, Hispanics, and children in poverty, into GT centers. The popu
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