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WJCC plans textbook adoptions for 2025–26; elementary science and social studies prioritized, estimated cost $667,225
Summary
Curriculum staff laid out a multi-phase selection and adoption process for elementary science and social studies and several secondary courses, seeking community review and a final board vote after committee recommendation; preliminary vendor quotes estimate the plan at $667,225.
Curriculum and instruction staff presented a plan to select and adopt new textbooks in 2025–26 that prioritizes elementary science and social studies and several secondary courses, and estimated the total cost at about $667,225 based on preliminary vendor quotes.
Robin Ford and a colleague, identified in the meeting as curriculum department staff, said the division chose the content areas based on recent and compressed revisions to the Virginia Standards of Learning and the age of current materials. The proposal recommended elementary science and social studies materials this year,…
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