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Grant Geiss, who leads the district\fulturally and linguistically diverse education (CLDE) department, told the board that 70% of the district\u000elementary multilingual learners are on track to English proficiency, compared with a 63% statewide elementary rate. He said 61% of CLDE students showed expected language-level growth on midyear TEL (Teaching English Learners) assessments. Geiss acknowledged the district\fhallenge at the high-school level, reporting 18% of high-school multilingual learners were on track to proficiency versus 22% statewide; he added that if data from the GOAL school were excluded, the district high-school on-track rate would rise to 48%.

Geiss said the department emphasizes tiered supports in general-education classrooms because CLDE teachers reach students only part of the day. He described professional development (more than 25 sessions this year) focused on tier-1 strategies and a \"7 steps to a language-rich classroom\" approach, instructional coaching, and family engagement through community liaisons funded by Title III who do interpretation, home visits and family outreach.

Board members asked for clarification on TEL and on what a CLDE home visit includes. Geiss said TEL is a Pearson assessment that measures reading, writing, speaking and listening at beginning, middle and end of year; he said home visits focus on family hopes and goals, connecting families to school resources and community supports.

District officials said the CLDE department plans to expand newcomer supports, strengthen interventions for long-term multilingual learners (students in programs more than five years) and continue district coaching and family engagement to lift performance across reading, math and college-readiness measures.

The presentation was informational; no formal board action was taken at the work session.

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Neff said October-count identification rose from 1,588 students to 2,003 by March 31, representing roughly 10.2% of the district\flaimed gifted population and placing the district within the state\u000expected range. She reported 52 newly identified high-school students, 44 students who transferred into the district and 32 additional identifications at Vista Ridge High School after the district placed full-time facilitators in some secondary schools.

Neff described program growth: two extended-learning opportunities for high-school students, three summer camps (with plans to double enrollment next year), an after-school enrichment program and an expanding Honors Academy that now enrolls as many students at Falcon High School as the district enrolled in the entire prior year. She said 88 students were newly identified primarily in talent areas (creativity, psychomotor), and 11.9% of the gifted population were identified as twice-exceptional (gifted and also eligible for special education services).

The district plans a pilot of the Naglieri General Ability Test (NGAT) at Horizon Middle School to complement the more literacy-focused Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) to better identify some underrepresented student groups. Neff also said the district recently completed state monitoring (CAGT review), earning four commendations and several recommended areas for growth; she described the state feedback as very positive overall.

Board members asked about Honors Academy course content (freshman orientation to giftedness, sophomore project leadership using Renzulli model, junior AP Seminar and senior AP Research) and test differences between CogAT and NGAT. Neff said the district will work to make advanced learning plans (ALPs) more meaningful for high-school students not in the Honors Academy and increase professional development participation among classroom teachers and administrators.

No formal action was taken; Neff invited board members to a gifted fair on May 6.

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District 49 says elementary multilingual learners outpace state on English proficiency; high school lag noted

District 49 reports surge in gifted identifications, expands Honors Academy and camps