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Parents, teachers ask Northshore board to pause middle‑school HiCap changes pending more data

Northshore School District Board of Directors · May 12, 2026
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Multiple parents, teachers and volunteers urged the Northshore School District board to pause or reconsider proposed middle-school changes to the highly capable (HiCap) program, citing limited pilot data, communication gaps and concerns that integrated classrooms may not meet high-capacity learners' needs.

Parents, teachers and volunteers told the Northshore School District board they want the district to pause planned changes to the middle-school highly capable (HiCap) service model and to provide more pilot data and clearer communication before broad rollout.

Marie Angstrom and Rebecca Chen, among others, described how the SkyView pilot has not shared adequate evidence they can review and said the integrated model used at elementary grades has produced mixed…

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