*To watch Sarasota County Schools Director of High Schools declare to the school board in 2016 that suddenly changing the school’s status statewide and calling Pine View School for the Gifted a “magnet” would not allow the administration to change what the school has been for the past 50+ years, (and yet here we are with a “new vision” for Pine View School for the Gifted that limits and denies gifted students their ability to take courses that support their giftedness) watch this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lu4h6GGPP4
(And who is providing the transportation for those in high school at this “magnet”?)
*To understand the importance of dual enrollment options, read this:
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/will-dual-enrollment-student-lose-freshman-scholarships/
*To compare Florida’s articulated acceleration programs for students in 6-12th grades:
http://fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5421/urlt/0078393-cfaap.pdf
*To read ACT’s multi-year pledge to expand Dual Enrollment:
http://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/UsingDualEnrollment_2015.pdf
*To read an article about gifted children and their exceptionalities:
*To view the 97-page investigative report (including footnotes and appendices) commissioned (without a formal complaint) by Sarasota County School District and former Superintendent Lori White, involving one of the "final three" candidates to become the next superintendent of Sarasota County public schools representing our students and teachers (to be announced on October 18, 2016):
https://www.scribd.com/document/326545448/Investigation-Report
*To order Moms Move Mountains, a book written by two local parents to help others navigate their children through the education system with special education survival skills:
https://www.amazon.com/Moms-Move-Mountains-Education-Survival/dp/1938842308
*To learn more about Florida's Talented Twenty Program (Pine View students are not eligible?):
http://www.fldoe.org/schools/family-community/activities-programs/talented-twenty-program/index.stml
*To learn about the USDOE update (7/2016) regarding students with disabilities:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-know-rights-201607-504.pdf
*To read an article comparing dual enrollment to AP courses:
*To register for Florida's Department of Education Registration for Paperless Communications to get updated information regarding education issues in Florida: (This enrollment will get you the most up-to-date Florida Department of Education information.)
http://data.fldoe.org/communications/index.cfm
1.) Enter email address
2.) Enter name, description, interest area (K-12), continue
3.) Select notifications (program area: gifted, ESE, curriculum, etc.)
*To view your teacher’s certification/endorsement status in Florida:
http://app4.fldoe.org/edcert/Certification_Status.aspx
*To view Florida’s statewide articulation agreement (PDF format):
http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5423/urlt/statewide-postsecondary-articulation-manual.pdf
*To view a Judy Galbraith webinar all about educating gifted students:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxdIJ5vjSvQkT2VTQVNrMUVLNVU/view?usp=sharing
*To utilize information from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development for profoundly gifted children:
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Resources_id_10284.aspx
*To obtain “accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities”:
*To read about Florida’s Plan for K-12 Gifted Education (PDF format):
http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7567/urlt/stategiftedplan.pdf
*To report a denial of FLVS access instead of Sarasota Virtual Academy by a school (that is NOT a magnet or charter school in FL):
https://flvs.net/about/right-to-access