The gifted and talented programme will continue without any dedicated gifted and talented teachers

What happened

All four of the district's gifted and talented teaching positions were cut in the 2026-27 budget and formally abolished in May. At the April 28 public hearing the superintendent said the programme would not be discontinued but restructured, delivered instead by the district's 24 intervention and enrichment specialists, and at Heritage Middle School through the media specialist in the media centre. A member of the public objected to displacing the dedicated instructors. The same budget cut three mathematics teachers and three technology coaches, and reduced middle school support staff from three to two at one school and from 4.5 to 3.5 at the other.

Why it matters to families

Families who chose Livingston partly for its gifted programme are being told the programme survives while the people who taught it do not. Whether an enrichment specialist covering a whole school can replace a dedicated teacher is the question the record leaves open.

The evidence

The minutes record: 'We have no plans to discontinue the G&T program. We will be restructuring how G&T services will be delivered.' The May personnel resolution abolishes 'Gifted & Talented Teachers (4)'.

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