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The district's Advanced Learning office reports this (bold mine): However, shortly after the Advanced Learning Office posted the calendar, staff learned that an existing district database that had been expected to aid scheduling could not be used . As a result, staffers were required to create a new database, entering all referral forms by hand . This unanticipated process has caused some scheduling delays. Additionally, a district server glitch inadvertently blocked a number of notification emails before the first October testing date. For these reasons, not all families could receive the email notification of their school’s testing date in time. 

The APP Advisory Group will have its first meeting of the year next Tuesday, October 6   at the library of Washington Middle School,  6:30-8:00 pm. Our agenda will include an Advanced Learning report from Stephen Martin, who heads up Advanced Learning Programs for SPS, and an overview of topics for the year ahead. To join the Advisory Committee's email list serve (and to see previous posted emails) go to  https://groups.google.com/d/forum/sps-hcs-ac  and click the Join Group button. You can use that link for removals too.  If that link doesn't work for you, you can email the groups communications Director at  add2hcsemails@gmail.com  and they will get you set up or removed. Two stories were on NPR this morning on what they call "gifted and talented" education.  They pretty much mirror what we see here in Seattle Schools.