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Board approves CCSU textbook for Grama High School early childhood course
Summary
The regional board voted to adopt Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early Childhood Education, a textbook used by Central Connecticut State University, for a CCSU-affiliated early childhood course at Grama High School.
The Hebron, Andover and Marlborough Regional Board of Education voted to approve Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early Childhood Education for use in the Central Connecticut State University early childhood (ECE) course offered at Grama High School. The motion to adopt the required CCSU textbook passed with board members voting "aye." Superintendent staff recommended adoption and a board member moved approval.
Board members said the textbook was recently provided to board offices and program subcommittee members prior to the vote. The adoption process was presented as analogous to other board adoptions: the book was brought before the board, and the board then voted to adopt it for classroom use.
Superintendent: "My recommendation is to adopt the textbook," the superintendent said during the agenda discussion. Scott Soyette moved to approve the textbook and Drew Goffin seconded the motion; the board voted in favor with no recorded opposition or abstentions.
Board members said the text had been reviewed by the program subcommittee and that no further inquiries were received in advance of the meeting. The superintendent noted the physical copy had been available in the district office for board review. No amendment to curriculum content was made at the meeting; the action on the agenda was adoption of the specified title for use in the CCSU-affiliated course.
The textbook will be used in the CCSU early childhood course delivered at Grama High School; details about course enrollment, cost to students, or implementation timeline were not specified at the meeting.
