School districts have always hated gifted programs. This kind of thing has been going on since the 80s at least. I don’t know why. It’s a weird thing to fight against.
It is not odd to fight against it because they are obsessed with equal outcomes, regardless of talent. Talented programs inherently produce unequal outcomes because they presuppose that we are not all the same.
It’s egalitarian notion - that by taking gifted kids out of regular classes they are not letting the other kids learn from them. That it hurts everyone else basically.
Probably started around the time the peanut farmer created the Department of Education.