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I disagree that extracurricular aren't quota... Can every student who can play baseball well be on the varsity team? No. I think you are speaking of cutting off the proverbial nose to spite the face. As the previous poster said, students who do not make it into ALAP can retest and get in the next year, it is not merely a quota system it is skill based as well. Where exactly do you think that the political will and money will come from to expand this program if it is completely cut now? I personally think RI should mandate gifted education services, it is a shame that it is not! I think that the theory that the skills and the advanced learning opportunities will be given while the already stretched teachers do everything asked of them sounds nice but in reality will rarely be delivered.

If there was some sea change in mandates and special Ed was no longer mandated hypothetically would you then support cutting it entirely for every child with a learning disability if every year there were a small number of kids who while being identified as learning disabled didn't get into a program?

Throw the baby out with the bath water it seems.

Why not advocate for expansion of a program you think was great and serves a need instead of cutting it entirely...

From: Added school surplus reduces need for cuts

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