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Parents, advocates urge Howard County Board to preserve gifted programs and school-based mental health funding
Summary
At the May 20 Howard County Board of Education meeting public forum, parents and community advocates urged the board to keep gifted-education programming and school-based mental health services fully funded, citing student benefits and program usage.
At the Howard County Board of Education meeting on May 20, parents and community advocates told the board during the public forum that gifted education programs and school-based mental health services must remain fully funded.
Speakers said those programs deliver differentiated instruction and in-school counseling that reach thousands of students. "Specifically, I am requesting that the gifted education programming and the school based mental health program remain fully funded," said Lisa Krause,…
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