Gifted Advisory Council

New Hanover County Schools

Gifted Advisory Council

New Hanover County Schools’ (NHCS) Gifted Advisory Council (GAC) is currently seeking parent, teacher and community member nominees to serve on the Council. The purpose of GAC is to monitor the timely and accurate implementation of all components of the Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program, as well as advocate, communicate and liaise with businesses and the community at large with respect to AIG. The Council also advises and makes recommendations to the New Hanover County Board of Education on AIG matters. 

For more information, contact Maureen Meehan, NHCS AIG Supervisor , at maureen.meehan@nhcs.net.

The NHCS Gifted Advisory Council asks each school to select a liaison to attend the monthly GAC meetings. The liaison’s responsibilities include: monthly meeting attendance and reporting notes and relevant issues to the school. The meeting schedule is listed below. All meetings will be located at the Spencer Board building. A liaison can be a teacher, parent, or community member. The job of liaison may be shared by 2 people at the school, and attendance at the meetings can be alternated.


GAC Fall Chronicle 2023 

If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact the Gifted Education Specialist at your school.*

katherine.kochakji@nhcs.net