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Board reviews proposed middle‑school geography textbooks to support sixth‑grade shift
Summary
District curriculum staff recommended adopting split Cengage geography texts for sixth and seventh grades to address gaps in prior knowledge after sixth grade moved to middle school; purchase would be three‑year digital access with classroom sets paid from referendum funds (source to be confirmed).
The Appleton Area School District heard a presentation from curriculum staff on proposed geography textbooks for sixth- and seventh-grade social studies, a change prompted by moving sixth grade into the middle schools.
Kelly Leopold, the district curriculum presenter, told the board that teachers and administrators evaluated options and recommended Cengage’s split edition of what had previously been a single survey text. “There is a lot of differentiation and accessibility for our special ed students and our EL, our English learning students,” Leopold said, emphasizing digital resources and National…
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