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Board approves curriculum adoptions, supplemental stipends, bus-aid pay and fiber upgrades; donations accepted
Summary
At its March 17 meeting the Warrick County School Corporation board approved routine business including textbook and curriculum adoptions, distribution of an early literacy supplemental payment, a $17 hourly bus-aid pay rate, fiber connectivity contracts with partial E-rate funding and multiple school donations.
Warrick County School Corporation's Board of Trustees approved multiple routine-business items on March 17, including curriculum adoptions, supplemental payments tied to an early literacy grant, bus-aid pay rates, lit-fiber service agreements for nine locations and several donations to individual schools.
Curriculum adoptions: The board approved the elementary science adoption — Building Blocks of Science 3D by Carolina Biological — and the elementary music adoption — Quaver's K–5 digital music curriculum by QuaverEd and Music K–8 by Plank Road Publishing. Director of Learning Jason Fisher described the months-long adoption process that included pilot testing, parent and teacher review and curriculum coordinator oversight. "This is actually a months long process that includes looking at the approved Department of Ed list," Fisher said. The adoptions will be used beginning in August 2025.
Supplemental payments and stipends: The board approved distribution of supplemental payment related to the early literacy achievement grant. Guidance from the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), as read by Fisher,…
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