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thegffted programs. *Thk statement it • tittle misleading,” add Pam Rowe, coordinator of special services. “Granted they do have support staff and personnel, but at this time to my knowledge there is only one person at the state department that is responsible for gifted and talented education. ”
Rowe said that since there is only one person trying to deal with 136 school systems across Virginia, communication can sometimes be a problem. She indicated that the person, Dr. John Booth, has been helpful in the pest, but that he needed help in order to deal with concerns of the school districts with more ease and speed.
the second goal of the state plan staterthat all gifted students from kindergarten through grade 12 have to be identified and enrolled in special programs by July 1966.
Goal three of the plan deals with fundkig for the gifted programs, and was the source of some concern to the board. State funds will only cover 6 percent of the school population. For
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