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Board hears first read of K–12 graded course of study updates for science, health, counseling and electives
Summary
District staff presented first readings of updated graded course of study documents across K–12 science, health, the counseling framework, middle school Creative Mindsets and an advanced integrated mathematics course; the board will consider final approval at the next meeting.
Laurie Marple, Executive Director (presented as "Missus Marple" in the transcript), and a team of teachers and coordinators presented first readings of multiple K–12 graded course of study documents for science, health, school counseling, middle school Creative Mindsets and high‑school advanced integrated mathematics.
"Our vision speaks to creating curious, critical thinkers equipped with scientific knowledge and skills," said Christina Hutchison, K–12 curriculum coordinator, while outlining the science curriculum alignment to Ohio's learning standards and the Sports Science Academy offerings.
The health curriculum review emphasized skill building, coping strategies and age‑appropriate learning outcomes. Presenters explained the district used national SHAPE standards as a starting point and annotated the graded course documents with corresponding Ohio Revised Code citations for legally required topics such as CPR, opioid education and child abuse prevention. Counselors described a revised K–12 counseling framework aligned to the American School Counselor Association model and organized around academic, career and social‑emotional domains.
Rachel Doppany said Creative Mindsets expanded from a pilot to serve more students: enrollment more than doubled year‑to‑year from 682 to 1,371 students in the coming year, she said, and the program uses student‑driven inquiry techniques such as the Question Formulation Technique.
Christina Baker and math leads explained the Advanced Integrated Mathematics course will continue to serve students who completed Algebra II and will be adjusted so it can also accept students coming from the new Data Science Foundations course (an Algebra II equivalent adopted last year).
All curriculum documents were presented as first reads; the board will receive a second reading and vote at the next regular board meeting. Presenters invited questions and requested community review of the documentation posted to the district website.
Ending: District staff asked board members and the public to review the materials and submit questions by email; final approvals are scheduled at the next meeting.
