Sadly, there is no published curriculum. There are no district standards. There is no district policy on subject and grade acceleration, although the principal is philosophically opposed to it. (He also claims subject acceleration doesn't work with the schedule.)
The state does have standards, including the national core curriculum, so that's a good idea to check into that.
I never thought about them getting defensive when being compared to another district, but that's a good point. I'll definitely keep that in mind.
Would a SCAT test be more effective than a WJ-C and WJ-III? Because admin pretty much ignored that. It's a small school, so the principal and super are one and the same. I've talked to him, I've talked to the teacher (2 years in a row). The only recourse is the school board at this point, and they seem to think that all is OK because he's got "create a gifted program" on his hot to-do list.
That Texas curriculum, by the way, is pretty awesome. My daughter is getting nothing like that.
Last edited by staceychev; 02/08/13 05:18 PM.
