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Davenport unveils seven‑year curriculum review cycle and lists upcoming adoptions
Summary
District curriculum staff presented a seven‑year review and adoption schedule covering more than 250 courses and grade‑level resources, explained the six‑phase adoption process (explore → pilot → purchase → implement → monitor → adjust) and discussed budgeting approaches for heavy and light years of adoptions.
Davenport Community School District staff presented a seven‑year curriculum review and adoption plan that covers more than 250 courses, a cycle district leaders say will ensure resources align with changing state standards and classroom needs.
Diane, a curriculum staff member, told the board the district’s planning spreadsheet extends through 2032–33 and “represents over 254 courses,” including elementary and middle grade‑level resources. She described a six‑phase adoption process: data review and research, exploration of options, piloting and field tests, purchase, and four years of implementation with monitoring and adjustment.
Why this matters: the plan is intended to avoid adoptions being rushed or unfunded in single years and to ensure teachers receive aligned professional learning. Diane said the district staggers reviews so schools are not overwhelmed by simultaneous adoptions in the same grade band.
The board also heard specific items the district expects to consider in the near term: Algebra I, Geometry, Pathful (online platform), Read 180, MidCity reading intervention, ninth‑grade seminar, AP Microeconomics, U.S. history electives and keyboarding. Administrators said some adoptions were funded in recent years with ESSER dollars and the schedule now maps subsequent steps.
Budgeting was discussed. Kevin Boscaini explained the district will let the adoptions drive budget needs but said staff try “to target a million dollars a year, for example.” He said heavy adoption years will be spread across fiscal plans, with managers balancing larger purchases over multiple years.
No formal board action was required; the report was presented for review and future procurement requests will come back to the board as needed.
