The governing board discussed starting a K-5 English language arts curriculum adoption and the release of a request for proposals, and board members heard an overview of volunteers who asked to serve on the adoption committee.

The curriculum director said the district is at the stage of “the curriculum adoption process to select our committee members,” and that staff has circulated an RFP to prospective vendors. The director told the board that 43 people had expressed interest in serving on the adoption committee and that the district was working to distribute representation across campuses and community partners.

Why it matters: The district plans to replace its elementary ELA materials; the committee and RFP are the next steps in selecting a new curriculum aligned to state expectations. Board members were briefed on representation goals for the committee and on expectations that committee members attend scheduled meetings.

Details: The director described the committee makeup and said the district had representation from every campus plus some community members. “So you can see that we have representation from every campus, including some community partners,” the director said. Staff member Karen Fend was identified in the meeting as working on sending the RFP to vendors.

Board procedure and next steps: The board discussed the formation of the committee, the timeline for meeting invitations, and the expectation that committee members attend sessions. The RFP distribution and committee invitations were described as “in progress” during the meeting; no formal roll-call vote to release the RFP appears in the public portion of the transcript.

Context: Later in the meeting, district staff said the current ELA curriculum is no longer approved for use by the state, a topic discussed during the student achievement presentation; that context underpinned the district’s work to adopt new K-5 materials. The board will return to formal approvals as needed under future agenda items.