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District recommends multi‑year purchase of comprehensive grade 6–10 ELA resource to align curriculum
Summary
Staff recommended buying a comprehensive English/language arts resource for grades 6–10 to support proficiency‑based curriculum work; the vendor permits payment over two fiscal years but the district will take possession immediately.
Lee's Summit R‑VII staff told the finance committee on March 17 they recommend buying a comprehensive grade 6–10 English/language arts resource to support the district's proficiency‑based curriculum and learning‑target work.
Doctor Barger and Doctor Janeway said the secondary ELA team paused its curriculum rewrite because a comprehensive resource had not been purchased in roughly two decades. The district issued an RFP, brought three sample resources to a representative team of teachers and specialists for review (including curriculum specialists, instructional technology staff and special education teachers), and reached a consensus recommendation. Staff said the selected vendor offers district flexibility by allowing payment to be spread across two fiscal years while the district would take immediate possession and begin aligning units and themes around the resource.
Board members asked about the selection and how inclusive the review team was; staff said teachers from every impacted grade level and relevant specialists participated in review sessions. Staff described the resource cost as “hearty” but said modern curriculum packages commonly carry that price and that purchasing now would allow ELA to catch up with other content areas in the district's ongoing PCBL (proficiency‑based curriculum learning) work.
No committee vote was recorded in the transcript; staff recommended approval and indicated the purchasing department assisted with the formal RFP process.
