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Parents and students urge clearer Middle School plans as district phases out clustered HiCap social studies and science
Summary
Students and parents told the Northshore School District board that moving middle-school science and social studies from clustered AAP sections to an integrated model has left some highly capable students without differentiated reading and writing instruction; parents urged a clearer replacement model and more supports before broader rollout.
Several parents and a student told the Northshore School District board on March 9 that proposed changes to middle-school highly capable services risk leaving identified students without consistently accelerated instruction.
Millie Wu, a student who will attend Kenmore Middle School next year, said she had not received separated or differentiated instruction in writing or reading during the last three years and that she "felt bad because I feel like I could have been a better writer." Her father, Jeremy Wu, referenced state law (RCW) provisions about access to accelerated learning and framed the conversation as whether the…
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