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Parents urge Brockton to restore TAG cohort at middle schools
Summary
Parents of students in the Brockton Public Schools’ Talented and Gifted (TAG) program told the School Committee on Dec. 16 they want the district to preserve a dedicated TAG cohort through middle school, arguing that current honors academy placement (ELA and math only) risks repetition and lost opportunities in other subjects.
Melissa Thomas, a parent of a fifth-grade student at the Angelo School, told the Brockton School Committee on Dec. 16 that she and other parents are concerned that TAG students will “lose momentum” when they move to middle school because the district’s honors academy covers only English language arts and math.
“We need to continue to support these talented and gifted children,” Thomas said during the hearing of visitors, arguing that many TAG lessons…
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