BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - The superintendent of the Rankin County school district says discontinuing the district’s Venture gifted program in grades 9-12 makes sense.
Administrators recently announced that, beginning in the 2014-15 school year, Venture will continue to be offered in grades 2-8 but no longer in grades 9-12, where gifted enrollment has dwindled to 85 students in the current school year. The state mandates that districts offer gifted education in grades 2-6 but doesn’t provide funding after that.
Superintendent Lynn Weathersby tells The Clarion-Ledger (https://on.thec-l.com/1gzgurk ) no gifted teachers will lose jobs but instead will receive different assignments in the fall.
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Information from: The Clarion-Ledger, https://www.clarionledger.com
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