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San Marino Unified presents recommended science, history and ELD adoptions; public review drew no comments
Summary
San Marino Unified staff presented, on March 11, recommended curriculum adoptions after year‑long pilots and committee review: STEMscopes for middle‑school science, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin options for history/social science, and National Geographic LIFT for high‑school ELD.
District staff presented an informational report on March 11 recommending new curriculum adoptions for science, history/social science and high‑school English language development for implementation across grades 6–12.
The presenter summarized a year‑long adoption process that used curriculum study committees, classroom pilots, state rubric evaluations and public display time required by state law. For middle‑school science, teachers recommended STEMscopes for grades 6–8 following a pilot; committee ratings averaged 3.875 out of 5 for piloting teachers. For grades 6–8 history/social science,…
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