At high schools, the number of kids that can go to the self-paced lab were limited. If a kid signs up for an honors or Advanced Placement class in high school, they are automatically added to the Gifted and Talented roster. At the elementary level, they're identifying the right kids as gifted and talented. Kids are getting shortchanged in Gifted and Talented. The Gifted and Talented curriculum is not aligned with the regular curriculum, so kids who go for Gifted and Talented class come back and are behind.
Classes are too big in all but primary schools.
Elective classes are generally small. The two administrators who remained at Smithson Valley High School this year made the transition to a new administration very smooth. Need more emphasis on work skills. Numerous complaints about discrimination and inconsistent application of rules. A child was knocked unconscious during physical education baseball at Mountain Valley.