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Parents and NAACP Press UCPS on AIG Cuts, Equity; District Signals Interim Fix
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged Union County Public Schools to address alleged AIG service reductions and East Side inequities; a parent said district officials told her an interim instructor was assigned after months of concern.
Several parents and community advocates used public comment time at the Union County Board of Education's January 2026 meeting to press the district on alleged reductions in Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) services and broader equity concerns.
"Since October 2025, Marshville Elementary AIG students have gone without consistent AIG instruction," said Katie Comer, identifying herself as a parent and Monroe High graduate. Comer told the board that students "rotated through multiple substitutes" and that families were initially told the district's plan reduced AIG services "from approximately 10 hours per week to 2 30 minute sessions per week," a change she described…
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