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Board to consider updated AIG plan after staff say district will strengthen ID, services and multilingual outreach
Summary
District AIG specialist Jenny Fast presented the Cabarrus County Schools 2025-28 local academically/intellectually gifted (AIG) plan, proposing expanded identification pathways, better multilingual outreach and a refreshed approach to services and accountability; board moved the plan to action for next week to allow parent input.
Jenny Fast, the district AIG specialist, presented the Cabarrus County Schools proposed local AIG plan for 2025-28 at the June 2 work session, describing revised identification pathways, expanded support for multilingual students and stronger program-accountability steps.
Fast said North Carolina funds AIG at 4% of average daily membership and that the local plan must be reviewed every three years. She walked the board through three identification pathways the district uses: an "intellectually gifted" (IG) pathway for top aptitude-percentile students, an aptitude pathway and an achievement pathway that combine aptitude, achievement and teacher nomination in different thresholds.
Planned revisions: Fast said the district will add linguistically gifted characteristics to teacher nomination materials and work with the multilingual department to review WIDA access scores so multilingual students with gifted potential are not overlooked. She also proposed refining services to better match identified strengths ("you don't have to be gifted at everything") and to expand LIFT talent-development programming and co-teaching/coaching supports for AIG specialists.
Accountability and outreach: the draft plan calls for continued program tracking (referrals, identifications, retention and participation), more translated materials beyond Spanish and strengthened secondary-level parent communication. Fast said the plan will be submitted to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction after board approval; DPI will review and provide feedback early in the next school year.
Board action: the board agreed to place the AIG plan on the action agenda for next week to allow parents an opportunity to review and comment. Fast said the complete draft plan is available in board documents and will be posted on the district website after final state approval.
Ending: Fast said the district will implement onboarding for honors-course legislation at the high school level and continue to monitor AIG subgroup growth and longitudinal performance.
