1. Comments on the proposed revision of the Washington Administrative Code sections on Highly Capable (available at http://www.k12.wa.us/HighlyCapable/default.aspx) are due at OSPI by November 19th. Instructions for submission of comments are on the website. Comments may be made by individuals as well as organized groups.

The public hearing is November 28 at 1:00 in the Brouillet Conference Room of OSPI –
Old Capitol Building
600 Washington St. S.E.
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
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2. Attached is a flyer for the Educational Forum at Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma on Sunday, November 4th. The Coalition is not a sponsor of this event and passes this flyer to you for informational purposes only.  If you are interested, please check it out.

3. We invite you to join other members of the Coalition at our general meeting November 30, Burien Community Center, located at 14700 6th Avenue SW, Burien, from 10:00 to 1:00.  We won’t know which conference room until we get there.

A great many things will have been settled by the 30th – the election will be over and we will know who our new governor and legislators are; the Joint Task Force on Education Funding will be close to completing its work; and the QEC will be finalizing its recommendations to the Legislature. We may even know what SPI Dorn proposes in his budget for HCP.

We will be charting our course for the upcoming 2013 legislative session and making preliminary plans for Gifted Education Day, March 19th.

4. As things stand right now (and this is subject to change depending on what happens between now and Nov. 30th) our focus for the next session will be funding for HCP.