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Uvalde CISD outlines changes to gifted and talented services, expands STEM and UIL offerings
Summary
District staff described identification and monitoring changes for gifted and talented students, professional learning plans, and a districtwide roll‑out of STEM instructional frameworks and academic UIL participation.
UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde CISD staff told trustees the district is strengthening identification, monitoring and teacher training for gifted and talented (GT) services while expanding STEM instruction and academic UIL programs across campuses.
The GT coordinator, Alicia Machaca, summarized the district's approach against the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted and Talented Students, highlighting identification windows, online referral forms (available in English and Spanish), kindergarten and second‑grade screening, a January testing window, and a campus‑level…
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