The Triton Regional School Committee voted on May 21 to adopt the Investigating History curriculum for Grade 5 after district pilots and a multi‑year review process.

The curriculum, described by Director of Curriculum Dr. Anna Bates, is an open‑source, locally supported program developed with input from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and partners such as Primary Source in Massachusetts. "There's no cost to this," Dr. Bates said during her presentation, noting that the district piloted the program in multiple fifth‑grade classrooms this year and that teachers recommended adoption.

Bates told the committee the K–5 curriculum review began in the 2022–23 school year and that the review committee piloted two materials before recommending Investigating History. A previous pilot of Social Studies Live (a TCI product) was set aside because it was not a good fit, she said. Investigating History was piloted in fifth grade across all three elementary schools this year; earlier pilots had been smaller. Staff said they plan to pilot additional grade levels (grades 4, 6 and 7) during the coming year, and if the pilots proceed as expected, the district could expand the open‑source resource to more grades over time.

A motion to approve the adoption was made and seconded; the committee then voted in favor of the recommendation.

Committee materials included notes on the curriculum selection process and the pilot results; staff emphasized that the adoption carries no direct purchase cost to the district at this time because the resource is open source and in phased rollout by its developers.