Save MACC

We are working to save Multi-Age Cluster Class (MACC), a full time special ed program for gifted + neurodiverse grade 4-7 students in Vancouver.

[Save MACC @savemacc]

@VSB39 Gifted is not uniform. That's why gifted students have special needs. They can excel in Math but below potential in other areas.

Want to learn more about why MACC is so important? Hear from the experts.

https://t.co/11mcmmqjv5

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Students and teachers of MACC are especially vulnerable to cuts by @VSB39

#bced #vanpoli #savemacc

[E_Van_Mama @E_Van_Mama]

If the budget that staff prepared for you will not support the human rights of our most vulnerable learners and the mental health of our teachers then ask more questions of staff. Demand accountability and transparency and have them revise the budget until they get it right. 4/4

[Save MACC @savemacc]

⚠️Parents with kids at Osler MACC under pressure…

Make a decision for your kids’ Grade 7 year by April 30 (was May 10). Immediately after open house at the potential new school (Tecumseh)

Is this how @VSB39 treats all families of neurodivergent kids?

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5. Families are being told that if they missed the January 31 deadline to apply, they can try again next year… even while @VSB39 tells other students that their MACC placement is not guaranteed beyond June 2025

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No interest in MACC? Not true.

@VSB39 is managing referrals so that they can show “lack of interest”

Here’s how 👇

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4. Some families missed the application deadline due to delays in accessing the required testing through their school.

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Consolidation of MACC English classes:

22/23: Osler 2 classes, Tecumseh 1

23/24: Osler 1 class, Tecumseh 1

24/25: Tecumseh 1 class

25/26 - @VSB39 cuts remaining Tecumseh class?

Everything possible is being done to drive down enrolment to justify closing MACC

#vanpoli

[Save MACC @savemacc]

@VSB39 Gifted is not uniform. That's why gifted students have special needs. They can excel in Math but below potential in other areas.

Want to learn more about why MACC is so important? Hear from the experts.

https://t.co/11mcmmqjv5

#vanpoli #savemacc

[Save MACC @savemacc]

Admission criteria changes by @VSB39 to make it harder for students to enter MACC:

🫸Must have P designation (need testing that's hard to access)
🫸 "Extending" in math & English Language Arts (many P kids are below their potential before MACC)
🫸Offering only the pilot GEC

[Save MACC @savemacc]

@pattibacchus @Vote4ABC @VSB39 @victoriajungvan @PreetiFaridkot @KenSimCity @Vote4ABC promised to restore honours programs.

Many MACC alums go on to these programs, minis, UTP. All are on the chopping block? 🤔

[Patti Bacchus @pattibacchus]

Remember when @Vote4ABC promised to restore/increase @vsb39 gifted programs? Joke’s on you, suckers! @victoriajungvan @PreetiFaridkot @KenSimCity #vanpoli

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@WeLoveUTP How many more special needs programs are being cancelled in phases by @VSB39?

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@InspiredAquaCA @KenSimCity @Vote4ABC @VSB39 Our team will be meeting with some
trustees next week. Start the conversation.

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Tecumseh MACC will have 6 current students next year.

What we don’t know now is how many students will be new to MACC.

Is @VSB39 doing everything they can to discourage applications? YES.

More to come on this

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Here we go again…

It’s 2024 and we’re still fighting the fight.

@VSB39’s plans from 2021 are kicking in.

After 30 successful years supporting neurodivergent kids, MACC at Osler will be no longer exist next school year.

#vanpoli

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9 families are being asked to move from Osler MACC to Tecumseh MACC for their kids’ grade 7 year.

Disruptive? YES

Logistically challenging? YES

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@literacymom yes💯
@VSB39 is clearly managing enrolment so that it becomes less and less like the successful program that it had been for decades.

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23/24 MACC offers/rejections being sent out this week.

Frustrations from families:
❌Their kids did NOT excel in regular classroom so they aren't suitable for MACC
❌Their school-based teams did NOT know to send MACC application after CCAT assessment was done

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