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Ogden board adopts CommonLit 360 for grades 7–12 and Vista Higher Learning for elementary ELD
Summary
The Ogden City School District board voted to adopt CommonLit 360 for grades 7–12 English language arts and Vista Higher Learning for elementary English-language-development materials, including funding for vendor trainings and initial professional learning.
The Ogden City School District Board of Education voted to adopt CommonLit 360 for grades 7–12 English language arts and Vista Higher Learning for elementary English-language-development materials for school year 2025–26, the district announced at its March meeting.
The board approved a motion to adopt the instructional materials and to fund the associated professional learning. Vice President Anderson made the motion and Board Member Purnell seconded it; the board voice-voted in favor and the motion passed.
District staff had presented the two materials after a month-long review and public comment. The administration described the adoption as including a seven-year licensing contract and two summer training events: an initial orientation in late May and a full-implementation session in August, with off-contract pay for teachers and instructional coaches included in the funding request.
Supervising staff recommended awarding the 7–12 ELA contract to CommonLit 360 and the K–6 ELD contract to Vista Higher Learning. The presentations to the board summarized committee scoring, training plans and the district’s plan to use district instructional coaches to sustain training after vendor-led sessions.
The administration said the professional learning and vendor orientation will include out-of-contract hours for teachers and coaches; the board approved those extra-service expenditures as part of the motion. Specific line-item totals for the CommonLit and Vista contracts were not disclosed in the board discussion included in the meeting transcript.
Board members and staff said the adoption followed an open review and committee process that included public comment. The board scheduled no additional action on these specific adoptions; the vote concluded the item.
The district’s presentation materials and committee recommendations will be available with the April materials for any schools or staff seeking implementation details.
The decision completes the district's instructional-materials approvals for grades 7–12 ELA and elementary ELD; a separate, continuing discussion remains under way about K–6 core ELA adoption and will return to the board in April.
