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Clinton board approves updated AIG plan, seeks more outreach and data
Summary
The Board approved the district's updated Academically/Intellectually Gifted (AIG) plan for 2025–2028, discussed changes in state vocabulary and testing timelines, and asked staff for enrollment and testing‑outcome reports.
The Clinton City Schools Board on June 24 voted to adopt its 2025–2028 Academically/Intellectually Gifted (AIG) plan and directed staff to file the plan with the Department of Public Instruction by the July 15 deadline.
Doctor Linda Carr presented the updated plan and told the board the district had incorporated state guidance changes, including new vocabulary shifts (for example, "English learner" to "multilingual learner") and updates tied to the six required AIG standards. She said the district sent a systemwide call to parents and solicited input, and that the plan reflects both language changes and programmatic clarifications for kindergarten through grade 12.
Board members asked for clearer timelines and data on who qualifies and how many students participate at each level. A board member said the district should provide enrollment counts at the elementary level and a report on how newly tested students performed; Doctor Carr agreed to prepare a report and present it at the next meeting.
Discussion covered how the AIG approach differs at lower grades: staff said early grades rely on classroom teachers to differentiate instruction with specialist support rather than a full‑time push‑in specialist; second grade testing remains the standard grade for initial AIG identification with retest options available.
Board members also asked how the district will communicate evaluation results to families. Doctor Carr said state requirements now ask that evaluation data and placement conversations happen after testing is processed and that some conversations may wait until certain assessment results (for example, science scores) return later in the summer.
The motion to approve the AIG plan was made and seconded; the board approved the plan by voice vote and staff said they will submit the plan to DPI prior to the July 15 deadline.
