Mount Lebanon presents 6‑year curriculum review and elementary program changes after year‑long study

Mount Lebanon School District staff presented findings from a year‑long elementary program review at the June 9 Mount Lebanon Board of School Directors meeting, recommending a six‑year districtwide curriculum review cycle, standardized written curriculum access and new implementation steps for instruction and interventions.

The district’s assistant superintendent for elementary education, Dr. Joseph Shula, told the board the curriculum‑review calendar is a six‑year cycle that begins with “research and program analysis,” moves to “curriculum development and resource selection,” then to implementation and revision, and finishes with evaluation and reflection. “The elementary written curriculum in Atlas is not complete, accurate, accessible to colleagues, or accessible to families,” Shula said, adding the district will move those materials into a single repository.

Why it matters: Board members and administrators said the review is intended to produce consistent instruction across all seven elementary schools and to address gaps revealed by post‑pandemic test trends. The review includes adoption and training plans for new elementary ELA and science materials, steps to…