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t94va '` ip ic-IE %o <br /> r <br /> 22 igtr -�"o -04Li <br /> Sandy Hoyle Bolick <br /> 843 ShadyLawn Road <br /> Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 <br /> 942-7367 <br /> May 11, 1987 <br /> Dear - <br /> As you know, I addressed the May 4, 1987, board meeting on the topic of <br /> the Enrichment Resource program offered to 3rd and 4th graders. My <br /> particular concern is the school system's failure to refer and evaluate <br /> these students for possible formal identification as "academically <br /> gifted." I believe that our school system•can prdvide all students with <br /> a better opportunity to qualify for the rights and services available to <br /> those who meet the state's "academically gifted" criteria by using the <br /> state's two-step process for formal identification. <br /> I believe our system can provide this opportunity through formal identification <br /> and simultaneously continue to offer an opportunity, through spending local <br /> money, for students who might not meet state AG criteria to participate in <br /> our system's special services for the academically gifted. I believe statements <br /> made to the contrary are invalid and iii the following pages I believe I have <br /> shown why. <br /> In addition to my comments, I have included for board members copies of <br /> information from the State Department of Public Instruction regarding the <br /> formal identification of the academically gifted. Also included is our <br /> system's description of the 3rd-4th grade Enrichment Resource Program, <br /> provided to me by Nathalie Harrison. <br /> In preparing this information, I have talked extensively with Gail Smith, <br /> chief consultant for academically gifted programs with the SDPI Division <br /> for Exceptional Children. Her phone number is 919/733-3004. I encourage you <br /> to call her with your own questions. I also hope you will talk not only with <br /> your administrative staff, but also with the board's attorney, as you seek <br /> to determine all implications of formal identification. <br /> Should you have any questions of me, or wish to discuss further any issue <br /> concerning formal identification, I hope you will contact me. <br /> Thank you so much for taking the time to review my concerns. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Sandy Hoyle Bolick <br /> cc: Sue Baker Phyllis Lotchin Gerry House <br /> Ted Parrish Edith Wiggins Michael Radz <br /> Fred Battle Bonnie Knoke Nathalie Harrison <br /> Carolyn Horn <br />