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Miss Painter tells board TAG and enrichment programs served 64 students after this year’s growth
Summary
At a WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS board meeting, TAG teacher Miss Painter reported the district’s Talented and Gifted and enrichment programs grew by 19 students this year and described trips and curriculum that educators say enrich student learning.
Miss Painter, the district’s Talented and Gifted (TAG) teacher, told the Wyoming County Schools board that the district’s TAG and enrichment programs expanded this year and now serve 64 students countywide.
The update, delivered during the opening portion of the board meeting, said TAG enrollment rose from 28 to 41 students (elementary from seven to 17, middle from 20 to 22, high school from one to two), and the enrichment track grew from 17 to 23 — a net growth of 19 students across both programs. "We had a huge amount of growth this year," Miss Painter told the board.
Why it matters: board members said the programs build relationships across schools and provide academic challenge and enrichment that district staff and families value. Miss Painter described program structure: qualifying students who score about 120 on a battery of tests receive 240 minutes per month of TAG services (split by grade level), elementary students meet weekly, middle‑school students convene at the board office one day a month and complete weekly online assignments between meetings, and enrichment students with subtest scores in the 115–119 range receive biweekly sessions at their home schools.
Miss Painter also described a new referral method that flagged high performers on initial assessments (Cambium for grades 3–8 and I‑Ready for grades 1–3). She credited Ashley Francis with helping to review assessment data and said the district has placed 58% of referrals into services so far. "We reached out to the schools to let me know what students showed that growth," she said.
Students who attended the meeting described the year’s activities and trips. A sixth‑grade student said, "This program has done so much for me in my life." A seventh‑grade student who went on the middle‑school trip to New York said the visit inspired an interest in engineering: "Seeing a building like that was really like truly inspiring." Miss Painter described hands‑on themes ("Science Secrets" for elementary, "Adventure Awaits" for middle school), marble‑run and Statue of Liberty projects, and countywide relationship building that she said helps students as they move into advanced coursework.
Board members thanked Miss Painter and invited the students to return to future meetings. The presentation closed with no formal board action requested; several board members praised the outreach and the role families played in supporting field trips and fundraising.
