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3 Rivers panel recommends Amplify CKLA for K-5 English language arts; $633,008 price tag, vote set for April 16
Summary
A teacher committee recommended the Amplify CKLA K–5 English language arts curriculum after classroom pilots; district staff plan a seven-year purchase costing about $633,008 and propose using early literacy grant funds, a required local match and curriculum budget dollars. The board will consider a formal adoption vote April 16 at Hidden Valley.
A teacher-led review committee is recommending Amplify CKLA as the 3 Rivers School District's next K–5 English language arts curriculum, and district leaders say they will ask the school board to adopt the program at its April 16 meeting.
The recommendation follows a winter pilot in classrooms across the district. "13 amazing humans have spent an exorbitant amount of time researching what is best for students and what is best practice and what is research based," said Jessica Duran, director of curriculum and instruction, introducing the presentation to the board.
Why it matters: District staff and classroom teachers said they selected the program because it aligns with the science of reading and because pilot teachers found its lessons sequential and easier to implement than an alternative. Adoption would commit the…
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