Waller Independent School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026

Gifted and Talented Program,
made navigable.

Waller ISD publishes three exact 2026-27 gifted referral and testing cycles, a parent referral packet and survey, committee decision dates, written-result dates and grade-by-grade service frequency.

Independent from Waller Independent School District. Official district instructions always control.

TXlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
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4deadlines or checkpoints

When your family may need to act

The published timeline, in one place.

Use the row that matches your child's grade and situation. Dates below come from the linked district instructions; confirm them before submitting.

01

New-to-district referral window

Newly enrolled students in Grades 1-11

September 11

The 2026-27 new-student referral window runs August 31-September 11. CogAT testing follows September 14-25, committee meetings run October 14-21, result letters go home October 26 and services begin October 27-29.

Verify with the district
02

Grades 1-11 annual referral window

Currently enrolled students in Grades 1-11

January 8

The referral window runs December 7, 2026-January 8, 2027. CogAT testing runs January 11-February 12, committee meetings run March 2-5, results go home March 19 and services begin in August 2027.

Verify with the district
03

Kindergarten referral window

Kindergarten

March 26

The kindergarten referral window runs March 15-26, 2027. Naglieri testing runs March 30-April 16, committee meetings run May 3-7, results go home May 14 and services begin in August 2027.

Verify with the district
04

Parent grievance route

K-12 families disputing district action

Annual cycle

The district asks families to begin with informal resolution through the campus or responsible administrator. Unresolved matters may proceed to a formal Level One parent complaint and later appeal; Waller does not publish a separate gifted-placement reconsideration deadline.

Verify with the district

How Bloomfield Academy helps

Understand the program.
Manage the process.
Build the learner.

Use the Parent Guide free. Choose Navigator when you want the process managed around your child. Choose Mentor when you also want a personalized weekly learning path. Bloomfield turns Gifted and Talented Program into three clear layers of support.

01Parent GuideFree

Know what the program actually requires.

Get the local program name, grades, identification process, services, deadlines, parent steps, and official instructions—all in plain language.

Use this guide
02Navigator$79 / year

Turn the process into your family's plan.

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.

Choose Navigator
03Bloomfield Mentor$149 / year

Build the thinking skills behind long-term success.

Mentor includes Navigator plus a personalized weekly path in mathematics, language, logic, and creativity, adaptive strategy coaching, and a useful parent insight each week.

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Supporting more than one child? Family includes the Mentor experience for up to three child profiles for $179 per year.

Mentor is a guided, adaptive learning experience—not a live tutor. Bloomfield develops transferable skills and helps families follow published processes; it does not promise placement or reproduce protected assessments.

What the official record confirms

Know the program.
Know the route.

Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.

01

Who and which grades

Published coverageK-12

02

How students are considered

Published processParents, teachers, counselors and administrators may refer. A parent or guardian must sign the referral and permission form, complete the parent survey and return the packet to the school counselor by the applicable closing date; late forms are not accepted. The 2026-27 timeline uses a full-battery CogAT for the two Grades 1-11 cycles and a full-battery Naglieri assessment for kindergarten. The district identification committee reviews the results and sends a written decision home.

03

What service can look like

Published modelKindergarten students receive daily differentiation in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies by March 1. Grades 1-5 receive at least 45 minutes of pull-out service each week. Grades 6-8 receive daily pull-out service during advisory, and Grades 9-12 receive daily Honors, Advanced Placement or dual-credit service.

Your starting checklist

Turn the published process into clear next steps.

Confirm current instructions with the district before submitting. Bloomfield does not predict placement or reproduce protected assessments.

01Choose the window that matches the child's grade and enrollment status; a student may be referred during only one referral period each year.
02Obtain the current referral and permission packet from the campus counselor, complete the parent survey and return every required page by the closing date because late forms are not accepted.
03Use the parent survey to describe observable examples of flexible problem solving, originality, curiosity, rapid learning and advanced ideas; let the child answer the student-response prompts in the child's own words.
04Ask the counselor for the campus testing date and whether the child will take CogAT or Naglieri in the applicable cycle.
05Request the screening result, any Phase II evidence, the committee's written decision and the date the result letter should arrive.
06After placement, confirm the exact homeroom differentiation, weekly elementary pull-out, daily middle-school advisory or high-school Honors, AP and dual-credit schedule.
07If the family disputes the process, begin with the campus or responsible administrator and preserve the written Level One and later appeal instructions from the district grievance page.
Add reminders and a personalized plan

Trust is part of the product

District rules and Bloomfield guidance stay clearly separated.

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.

Official requirement

Supported by the district links and applicable school year shown on this guide.

Bloomfield guidance

A plain-language explanation or constructive preparation recommendation.

Parent-reported insight

Shown only when it is dated, moderated, and clearly labeled—not as an official rule.