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Longview board adopts new ELL curriculum for middle and high schools
Summary
The Longview School Board approved two new English-language learner (ELL/ELD) curricula — VISTA Get Ready for middle schools and HMH English 3D for high school — following a multi-year pilot and teacher review.
Longview School Board voted May 27 to adopt new English-language development curricula for secondary students, approving VISTA Get Ready for middle schools and HMH English 3D for high schools.
The move follows a two-year review and pilot process that district educators said aimed to provide a continuous “newcomer” curriculum and tiered units tied to proficiency levels. The materials were presented to the board by Carrie Montgomery, executive director of teaching and learning, and pilot teachers who tested the programs in classrooms.
District staff told the board the manuals and digital options were chosen for several features: a newcomer-specific onboarding…
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