Yep, supposedly our district has an acceleration policy but the principal didn't even know where I could get a copy (then when I did get it, the policy was unrealistic and other aspects of the policy, for instance schools should provide XYZ in terms of differentiation, were NEVER followed by any of these schools, because the schools don't even know what the policies are and there is no one to coordinate/oversee).
This is what happens when districts try to cut their budgets. They first go to G/T, then they go to special ed (or at least that is what happened with ours).
The district would send parents proposals of what should be cut, including a list of things like "increase class sizes by 5 students", "eliminate all crossing guards on major highways", "Elimate all busing for students living closer than 2 miles to the school", "Cut school psychologists and eliminate school guidance counselors", "Cut intervention programs for reading and math". "Cut funding for G/T." With a list like that, no one is going to argue for the necessity of keeping G/T. The ironic thing is that this is not a poor district by any means, the administrators just badly mismanage funding.
