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Davenport board approves major curriculum and professional‑learning contracts; debates geometry adoption
Summary
The Davenport Community School District board approved multiple curriculum and professional‑learning contracts — including math and literacy purchases — and heard a separate presentation recommending an eight‑year geometry subscription after classroom pilots raised questions about rigor and honors differentiation.
The Davenport Community School District Board of Education on a voice vote approved several curriculum and professional‑development contracts covering mathematics and literacy materials and training for the 2025–26 school year.
Board members voted to purchase HMH Into Algebra 1 subscriptions at $90,175.68 and an associated professional‑learning contract for HMH Into Lit ELA at $143,400. The board also approved Lexia Letters training for $186,480 and Amplify CKLA coaching and supports for $152,700.
Superintendent Schneckloff and curriculum staff framed those purchases as part of a multi‑year rollout tied to classroom coaching and LETRS‑aligned reading instruction. “The LETRS is the continuation. So it's taking us two years to go through the entire LETRS training,” a district representative said when board members asked whether LETRS would continue into a second volume.
At a separate discussion item, district curriculum staff recommended adopting an eight‑year subscription to HMH Into Math Geometry for secondary math. Diane Campbell and a district instructional coach, Kim (Kim Awalt in testimony), told the board that West and Central high schools piloted the geometry materials and that participating teachers praised organization and resources but said the curriculum’s rigor is higher than students currently experience.
Campbell said the district will review the materials this summer to distinguish content for a general geometry course from honors offerings and to ensure alignment with current standards. “Some of our work over this summer is really gonna be to evaluate what is in the curriculum, what should be considered for our general geometry course, and what should be considered for our honors geometry course,” she said.
Board members asked for confirmation of pricing and for clarity about how honors and general tracks would be differentiated. One board member recommended the administration double‑check that proposal pricing had been extended; staff agreed to follow up and return any updates to the board before final adoption.
No recorded roll‑call tallies were given in the transcript for the curriculum votes; motions were moved and seconded and carried by unanimous voice vote at the time of the meeting.
District leaders said the professional‑development contracts and curriculum purchases are tied to multi‑year implementation plans and teacher training intended to raise fidelity of instruction.
Campbell and Kim told the board that the Into Geometry pilot included classroom textbooks retained in rooms, digital access for students, and printable consumable PDFs. Teachers who piloted the materials said they write and use print resources in conjunction with interactive digital tools.
