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District committee recommends Amplify Science for K-6; board to review purchase next meeting

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A curriculum committee recommended the Amplify Science K-6 program for adoption and presented cost estimates: a five-year purchase serving about 2,500 students with an estimated per-student cost near $40 per year; the recommendation will return for board approval.

District curriculum leaders recommended Amplify Science for K-6 instruction after a multi-stage review of nine options, team presentations from four vendors and classroom piloting.

Erica Finders, lead for preschool-through-sixth-grade curriculum, said the committee included eight teachers, two instructional coaches and an administrator who scored materials against established criteria. The committee considered student…

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