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Board hears personal finance and science adoption progress; staff recommend postponing health adoption
Summary
District staff presented recommendations and pilots for a new personal finance requirement and a science adoption pilot; the board was asked to approve a health curriculum postponement while the district refines implementation plans.
District staff presented three curriculum tracks the district is developing: personal finance (now a state graduation requirement for the Class of 2027), a recommended science curriculum pilot across K–12, and a requested postponement of a health curriculum adoption.
Jennifer Bell, teacher on special assignment for curriculum, said the state timeline requires districts to adopt materials on a rotating schedule and described three pathways: choose from the state‑approved list, conduct an independent adoption, or seek postponement. Personal finance required an independent adoption because the state had not released a publisher list, she said.
Sean Coetzee, a business teacher at Oregon City High School, summarized the personal…
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