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Parents, alumni and students urge Darien board to keep IDEA gifted program amid proposed cuts
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Darien — Parents, alumni and other community members urged the Darien Board of Education to preserve the district’s IDEA gifted program and to reconsider eliminating elementary instructional paraprofessionals during a public‑comment period opened after Superintendent Alan Adley presented the fiscal 2026 budget.
Darien — Parents, alumni and other community members urged the Darien Board of Education to preserve the district’s IDEA gifted program and to reconsider eliminating elementary instructional paraprofessionals during a public‑comment period opened after Superintendent Alan Adley presented the fiscal 2026 budget.
Community members said the program — which Adley described as serving about 237 students with 3.3 full‑time equivalent staff — provides specialized instruction and social cohorts that are not easily replicated in general classroom settings.
“An IDEA as it is is insufficient,” said parent Kevin Fullington, but ‘‘it’s the only place I learned…
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