Leslie Blair Coleman-Cassell

The budget outlines appropriations and revenues for various funds including the Local Current Expense Fund, State Public School Fund, Federal Grants Fund, Capital Outlay Expense Fund, School Food Service Fund, Before and After School Care Fund, and Other Restricted Fund. It details allocations for instructional services, support services, ancillary services, and non-programmed charges. Key areas of focus include salaries, benefits, purchased services, supplies, and capital outlay. The budget also includes specific allocations for technology, disadvantaged students, and foreign exchange teachers.

The budget resolution includes appropriations for various funds such as the Local Current Expense Fund, State Public School Fund, Federal Grants Fund, Capital Outlay Expense Fund, School Food Service Fund, Before and After School Care Fund, and Other Restricted Fund. These appropriations cover instructional services, system-wide support services, ancillary services, and non-programmed charges. The resolution also outlines estimated revenues from local sources, county appropriations, state funds, and federal funds. It authorizes the Superintendent to transfer appropriations within a fund under specific guidelines.

The Rockingham County Schools' Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program empowers each child to be a life-long learner, equipped to contribute in a changing, complex society. The AIG program of the Rockingham County Schools district provides a safe, dynamic, nurturing, and innovative learning environment in which each child has the opportunity to reach his/her highest potential. The program encourages critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem solving, while also addressing the social and emotional needs of the students.

The Rockingham County Schools' Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program aims to empower each child to be a life-long learner, equipped to contribute in a changing, complex society. Through effective relationships with family and community partners, the AIG program will provide a safe, dynamic, nurturing, and innovative learning environment in which each child has the opportunity to reach his/her highest potential. The plan focuses on student identification, comprehensive programming, differentiated curriculum and instruction, personnel and professional development, partnerships, and program accountability to meet the diverse academic, intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted learners.

The Rockingham County Schools Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program, for 2022-2025, aims to empower each child to become a lifelong learner equipped for a changing society. The program focuses on providing a safe, dynamic, nurturing, and innovative learning environment where each child can reach their full potential. It strives to identify and meet the unique educational needs of gifted students from all ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups, enhancing their potential through differentiated services matched to individual needs. The program emphasizes critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving, while also addressing the social and emotional needs of students. Student identification procedures are clear, equitable, and comprehensive, leading to appropriate educational services. Multiple pathways and entry points are used for identification, including standardized assessments (CogAT, EOGs), portfolios, and performance tasks. The program uses a multi-criteria approach to identify students as academically gifted in reading (AR), mathematics (AM), or both (AG); academically and intellectually gifted (AI) in reading (AI-R), mathematics (AI-M), or both (AI-RM); and individually identified academically and intellectually gifted (AI) students demonstrating reasoning skills in the top 2% on aptitude and achievement tests. Acceleration services, documented through an Individualized Differentiated Education Plan (IDEP), are provided for qualifying students.