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Board approves multiple curriculum resources, new personal finance requirement implementation timeline
Summary
Franklin Regional approved a suite of curricular materials and program renewals — including life‑skills ELA resources, watershed kits required by the state, keyboarding curriculum and benchmarking tools — and reviewed updates to a required personal finance course that will take effect in 2026–27.
The Franklin Regional School Board approved several curriculum and instructional items Monday, including resources aimed at special education life‑skills classrooms, state‑required watershed education materials, early‑grade novel lists and keyboarding instruction to prepare students for online PSSA testing.
Curriculum staff presented a request for a Retopia life‑skills ELA resource for autistic support life‑skills classrooms to fill an instructional gap. The board also approved six watershed kits from Shared Waters (listed at roughly $1,000 per kit in the presentation) to support fifth‑grade teachers and meet Pennsylvania’s…
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