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Bethel Park committee forwards 11 program-change proposals to board for next-week vote
Summary
Curriculum Council forwarded 11 program-change and budget authorization proposals — including vocational-credit changes, a BCIT/FCS staffing/rotation proposal, a new adapted culinary course, textbook purchases and a K–5 STREAM rotation — that staff said will appear on the board agenda next week for approval and budgeting.
The Curriculum Committee reviewed 11 program-change proposals and budget-authority requests that district staff plan to place on next week’s Board agenda for formal approval and to allow teachers time to complete curriculum-writing tasks over the summer.
Administrators summarized proposals that span the district: changes to vocational-credit accounting at the high school, a BCIT/FCS hybrid staffing and rotation proposal for middle grades, a new adapted culinary “Carestaurant/culinary companions” elective for students in specialized programs, continued Spanish textbook purchases, a new chemistry textbook for high school science, the development of an integrated sixth-to-eighth ELA course, a proposed unified-arts/BCIT orientation position, adoption funding for STEAM and kindergarten-art curriculum writing and a districtwide Type C keyboarding program pilot in elementary grades.
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