Program Status 2009-1010

The California state budget crisis has affected District programs and those impacts will continue into the 2009-2010 school year. These negative impacts will unfortunately extend to the GATE program. We are planning carefully to preserve the most essential GATE services, while being forced to make severe budget cuts. We will focus our efforts on maintaining differentiating instruction and grouping gifted students. The budget cuts will affect the following areas.

Cuts made to the GATE program for the 2009-2010 school year and until further notice:

• Identification of gifted students will be suspended.
• Any students coming to MUSD with a GATE identification from a previous district will be “Situationally Placed” as GATE until the identification process can resume.
• Any students CURRENTLY identified as Situationally Placed will be given this identification until the identification process can resume.
•  Any students not currently identified GATE will not be identified until the identification process resumes.
• School site facilitators, the District Coordinator position, and District Advisory Committee Meetings. These cuts will suspend site and District level coordination of GATE activities, curriculum development, and program development.

 Programming still in place for 2009-2010:

• GATE student grouping through clusters in 4^th and 5^th grade, Honors classes at the Middle School level, and AP/Honors courses at the High School level.
• Differentiation in the classroom at all levels.
• Professional development for teachers working with gifted students at all levels.

Questions and concerns regarding the GATE program can be answered through the Moorpark Unified District Office at 531-6420.