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Dorchester School District 2 board approves K–12 math textbook adoptions after district review
Summary
Following a teacher-led review and the state public review period, the board approved a package of math textbook adoptions for elementary, middle and high school courses, adopting publishers and titles recommended by teachers and curriculum staff.
Dorchester School District 2 trustees on March 10 voted 7-0 to approve a package of mathematics textbook adoptions for the 2025 academic year following a district review process and the South Carolina Department of Education public review window.
Superintendent Chad Doherty reviewed the district’s adoption steps and introduced Chief Academic Officer Katie Barker, who described the selection process: schools shared instructional materials, grade-level content teams evaluated materials against district “look fors,” teachers provided publisher preferences, and the district made final recommendations to the board. Barker said the state’s public review ran from Nov. 18, 2024, through Jan. 3, 2025, and the district’s process followed policy IJJ for textbook selection and adoption.
The board approved the following recommendations as presented by district staff: - Elementary (K–5): Great Minds — Eureka Math. - Middle school (6–8) and Geometry with statistics: Savvas — Envision Math. - High school (selected courses): a mixture of publishers aligned to course requirements, including Savvas Envision (Algebra I CP, Algebra II with probability, statistical modeling), McGraw Hill (Precalculus), Cengage (Calculus and AP Calculus), Savvas Blitzer (Discrete Math), BW Walsh (Applications and Modeling), and published AP materials for AP Statistics.
Barker said some high-school courses had only a single state-recommended option this year, limiting district choice for those courses. She told the board the elementary adoption was closely contested among three options and that teachers used multiple rounds of consideration to select the recommendation.
Board member LaToya Bates moved to approve the math textbook recommendations; the motion was seconded and passed 7-0. Trustees and staff emphasized teacher involvement in the selection process and noted the district sought to align materials with updated standards.
Next steps: Staff will proceed with publisher communications and implementation planning, including professional development and rollout to schools.
