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Policy & Rule 6401: The Gifted and Talented Education Program
Gifted and Talented Education Program Status Report

Mission
The Board of Education of Baltimore County is committed to ensuring equity and excellence in education by providing each student with an instructional environment that nurtures potential and enhances academic success. With this central mission in mind, the Board believes that every student in the Baltimore County Public Schools K-12 who gives evidence of high achievement capabilities should have access to high quality gifted and talented educational services regardless of that student’s race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, geographical location, primary language, or disability.

The Board believes that students with outstanding talents perform or show the potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment.

Outstanding talents are present in students from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. Therefore, the Board recognizes that the school system should provide a continuum of appropriately differentiated educational experiences and services kindergarten through grade 12 that are research-based and aligned with the system’s mission and goals.

The Office of Gifted Education provides vision, leadership, expertise and technical assistance for parents, schools and curriculum offices regarding the development, implementation and enhancement of curricular and instructional services that support students who perform or show the potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. It is the commitment of this office that these students have access, support and opportunities that are continuous and systematic and are optimally matched to their potential.

Mary Cay Ricci mricci@bcps.org Coordinator

Lorraine Thelen lthelen@bcps.org Administrative Secretary

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