From an unnamed source I received information on 'gifted headcounts by district' this morning. In our very own SD#5, the count is down 94.1% from 2002/3 year to the 2006/7. In hard numbers, in 2002 we had 51 identified gifted students, and in 2006 we had ... wait for it ... 3.
Across the province (out of 59 districts reporting) only 7 districts reported an increase in the number of gifted students.
The provincial average is a decrease of 37.4%.
Now is this drop as a result of fewer gifted children in the public system, or the significant drop in funding support for these children, or is it the result of the significant wait lists for the testing required to get a child legally defined as 'special needs'?
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