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Sunnyside Unified launches review of SUN gifted program, aims to strengthen middle- and high-school services
Summary
District staff outlined a plan to update the SUN (Serving Unique Needs) gifted program, proposing a handbook, better identification procedures, PowerSchool flags and a committee to align honors and secondary offerings.
The Sunnyside Unified District Governing Board heard a detailed update May 13 on the district's SUN (Serving Unique Needs) gifted program and next steps to strengthen services for middle- and high-school students.
The presentation by William Cotter, the district's new SUN coordinator and the science and social studies coordinator, said the district will refine referral and testing procedures, create a district SUN handbook, add identification icons to PowerSchool and form a committee to align honors and secondary offerings with best practice.
Cotter told the board that state rules require services for students who score at or above the 90th percentile on approved verbal, nonverbal or quantitative reasoning tests and…
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