Irving Independent School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Irving ISD publishes a three-stage referral, screening and selection process, including kindergarten universal screening and a six-weeks-based annual decision calendar for other grades.
Independent from Irving Independent School District. Official district instructions always control.
When your family may need to act
Use the row that matches your child's grade and situation. Dates below come from the linked district instructions; confirm them before submitting.
1-12
Irving describes referrals by the second six weeks, screening in the third and fourth, selection in the fifth, notice in the sixth and service the following school year. Confirm the exact calendar dates with the campus before submitting.
Verify with the district ↗K
Kindergarten universal screening follows a separate timeline and service must begin by March 1. Ask the campus when parent input and consent are due.
Verify with the district ↗K-12
A Level One appeal must begin within five working days of the decision; later district levels follow the published appeal sequence.
Verify with the district ↗How Bloomfield Academy helps
Use the Parent Guide free. Choose Navigator when you want the process managed around your child. Choose Mentor when you want to connect that local opportunity to a longer-term interest, real projects, and a private record of growth. Bloomfield turns Gifted and Talented Services into three clear layers of support.
Get the local program name, grades, identification process, services, deadlines, parent steps, and official instructions—all in plain language.
Navigator adds a child-specific timeline, deadline and policy alerts, a guided checklist, and one place to organize forms, work samples, and questions for the school.
Mentor includes Navigator plus a 12-week pathway, four short weekly challenges, one substantial monthly project, a Friday parent insight, and a private Growth Portfolio.
What the official record confirms
Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.
Published coverageK-12
Published processA parent, teacher, counselor, administrator, student or other knowledgeable person may refer. Entry to screening requires two documented indicators from prior public-school gifted placement, parent input, teacher input, student interest or top-ten-percent subject grades. Screening uses products or portfolios, achievement and aptitude or reasoning evidence; the selection rule calls for superior or very superior performance on two of the three areas. Kindergarten universal screening uses the Kingore Observation Inventory, six planned math and reading experiences and aptitude or reasoning evidence.
Published modelKindergarten students receive 60 to 90 minutes of weekly service. Grades 1-2 receive twice-weekly small-group reading-language-arts instruction plus research, makerspace and STEM experiences. Grades 3-5 receive differentiated accelerated mathematics and English language arts with gifted strategies in science and social studies. Secondary students use subject-specific accelerated, Honors, AP and dual-credit pathways.
Your family's route
This plan translates the published process without changing it. Confirm current district instructions before submitting.
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Application support
District forms and prompts vary. This annotated, fictional example shows how to turn a real observation into useful evidence without copying language or inventing accomplishments.
Explore the annotated example →What have you observed that shows your child may need greater depth, complexity, or pace?
“After her model failed, Maya changed one part at a time, recorded each result, and explained why the designs failed differently.”
Parent-to-parent
Share practical, firsthand wisdom about Gifted and Talented Services. Parent experience is kept separate from the official program facts above.
Trust is part of the product
The program facts above come from the linked official sources. Bloomfield's checklist translates those facts into practical next steps without predicting selection or presenting parent anecdotes as district policy.
Supported by the district links and applicable school year shown on this guide.
A plain-language explanation or constructive preparation recommendation.
Shown only when it is dated, moderated, and clearly labeled—not as an official rule.
Primary sources
Last updated 09/09/2026. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with Irving Independent School District before acting.