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Gainesville City Schools reports growth, equity gains in elementary gifted program
Summary
District staff told the board the elementary gifted (Impact) program now serves 331 students, with expanded staffing, endorsements funded by district and federal sources, and plans to pilot the Naglieri General Ability Test to improve equitable identification.
Gainesville City Schools trustees heard a detailed presentation on the district’s elementary gifted program, known as Impact, and on steps the district is taking to expand services and improve equity.
The presentation, delivered by Karen Durkin, elementary gifted co‑coordinator, said the district currently serves 331 elementary students in Impact across six schools and has doubled the gifted resource teacher team over the past two years. Durkin told the board that in October 2024 the district tested 246 first‑through‑fifth graders; 85 of those students qualified for gifted services (about 35 percent of those tested) and 141 did not qualify. She said an additional 20 students…
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