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Board approves $30,000 contract with Beyond Textbooks for K-8 curriculum supports
Summary
The board approved a $30,000 contract for the Beyond Textbooks instructional subscription aimed at K-8 math and optional social studies content; vote was 6-1.
The Leavenworth USD 453 board voted to approve a $30,000 contract with Beyond Textbooks on March 10, authorizing the district to purchase the instructional subscription for math (grades K-8) and to pilot materials for classroom use.
Laura Batson, a district teaching-and-learning staff member, presented the program and told trustees the district negotiated the subscription down from an initial quote of about $65,000 to roughly $30,000. She said the district plans a train-the-trainer model so initial external training would be followed by internal professional development.
Board members asked whether social studies content was included; Batson said social studies had been removed from the initial request after board feedback but could be added and that the vendor was "happy for us to have social studies." She also told trustees that ongoing subscription costs were not finalized and that the $30,000 covered the initial purchase and first-year subscription elements.
A motion to approve the Beyond Textbooks contract carried 6-1. The transcript does not record individual board members' roll-call votes; the tally reported at the meeting was six in favor and one opposed. The board did not attach further conditions to the purchase at the meeting.
District staff said recurring subscription costs will be evaluated in future budget cycles and that some existing subscriptions were being reduced or not renewed to offset the new purchase.
