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How to talk to your kids about proposed cuts to highly capable programming
As concerned parents and advocates, we have put together this set of talking points to help you navigate your children’s (and possibly your own) reaction to all the news of proposed cuts to highly capable programming. Information is everywhere, both in the media and...
Governor Again Proposes to Eliminate All State Highly Capable Funding
“Failure to help the gifted child is a societal tragedy, the extent of which is difficult to measure, but which is surely great. How can we measure the sonata unwritten, the curative drug undiscovered, the absence of political insight? They are the difference between...
December 12 Update – Special Session Wrap Up
The state Legislature has passed the second supplemental budget bill and it restores highly capable funding to the level in ESSB 6444 - $18,377,000 for two years, including $170,000 per year for Centrum and $90,000 per year for Future Problem Solving/Destination...
December 7th Update from the Coalition
There is a face-off going on down in Olympia. The Governor v. the Legislature. The Governor v. her own Democrats. The Democrats v. the Republicans. The House v. the Senate. And caught right in the middle is funding for Highly Capable Programs in the supplemental...
A Letter to the Governor and the Legislature From Seattle
Several parents from Seattle have sent the attached letter to Governor Gregoire, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, and members of the Seattle Legislative Delegation. They've also created an on-line petition that you can...
Northwest Gifted Child Association Connections Conference
Our partner in advocacy, the Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA), is presenting a symposium for parents of gifted January 29, 2011. See this attachment for more information. We urge you to attend.