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Dear Governor Gregoire and State Legislators:
We are writing to urge you not to cut funding for highly capable learners in the supplemental budget when you address the 2009-11 budget shortfall. We are dismayed at the negative impact that this will have - please do not take this action!
Thousands of children across our state need access to education that will ensure their human potential. Gifted education is not an expendable 'add-on' that should be sacrificed in an economic downturn. It is the Constitutional right of every child in our state to have a public, basic education. For gifted children, this means access to a gifted education.
In a study cited by the National Association of Gifted Children, it was found that between 18 and 25\% of highly capable learners drop out of school. We simply cannot afford the state budget costs and human cost of more drop-outs. And, as we work to improve science, technology and math, to be competitive as a state internationally, we especially cannot afford to sacrifice gifted education. We know this, and the business community knows this.
Our children need you. Please do the right thing. Preserve funding for the highly capable.
We are writing to urge you not to cut funding for highly capable learners in the supplemental budget when you address the 2009-11 budget shortfall. We are dismayed at the negative impact that this will have - please do not take this action!
Thousands of children across our state need access to education that will ensure their human potential. Gifted education is not an expendable 'add-on' that should be sacrificed in an economic downturn. It is the Constitutional right of every child in our state to have a public, basic education. For gifted children, this means access to a gifted education.
In a study cited by the National Association of Gifted Children, it was found that between 18 and 25\% of highly capable learners drop out of school. We simply cannot afford the state budget costs and human cost of more drop-outs. And, as we work to improve science, technology and math, to be competitive as a state internationally, we especially cannot afford to sacrifice gifted education. We know this, and the business community knows this.
Our children need you. Please do the right thing. Preserve funding for the highly capable.
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Josette P
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"A mind is a terrible thing to waste", please keep the gifted ed alive. Thanks
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Elizabeth W
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Gifted children learn differently. They should actually be considered "special needs" as they process information differently than most, tend to be more intense and more sensitive. They are at high risk for drop out and other negative impacts to their liv
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Alex D
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gifted education is very important for students that excel in certain subjects that need extra curriculum not provided in the distric regulated curriculum
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Philip Ac
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Gifted children come from all socio-economic backgrounds. Yet within 15 years they will be the technical elite of this state. Supporting them is one of the best investments that can be made. Cutting their support would cost dearly in the years to come.
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Kristin L
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Education is the only thing that MUST BE funded. My PG kid is just as special needs as somebody's autistic one.
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Snohomish, WA 98296
18 December 2015
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Scott D
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Our children deserve the best education at all levels of achievement and ability.
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98108
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