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East Stroudsburg EPR committee approves multiple curriculum purchases, staff to revise ninth-grade science course
Summary
The district's Educational Programs & Research committee approved purchases of Writable (HMH) and Activate Learning science materials and reviewed a series of curriculum rewrites and first looks, while staff agreed to revise a ninth-grade general science course and to give teachers time and training to adopt the new science approach.
The East Stroudsburg Area School District Educational Programs & Research committee on an advisory vote approved several curriculum purchases and reviewed multiple curriculum updates affecting elementary through high school instruction.
Committee members voted to recommend purchases of Writable from HMH ($31,200) and two Activate Learning science packages (high school and intermediate levels), and members were briefed on ELD materials (VISTA), family and consumer sciences, business course rewrites, intermediate ELA supports, and overall curriculum pacing and implementation plans.
The purchases matter because they shape classroom instruction, materials budgets and staff professional development. District presenters said the purchases bundle content, assessments and teacher supports that staff expect will speed classroom adoption and raise the district’s alignment to Pennsylvania standards.
District staff described two distinct decisions made during the meeting. First, the district will not finalize a proposed…
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