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Pasco staff recommend McGraw Hill for most K–12 science courses; public hearing, board vote scheduled
Summary
District staff presented recommended K–12 science instructional materials to the Pasco County School Board workshop, reporting school-level votes and a timeline that includes a public hearing and a final board approval date of April 15 and a 30-day reconsideration window before orders are placed.
Samantha DiValli, a district staff member, told the Pasco County School Board at a workshop that district schools completed their votes on recommended K–12 science instructional materials and that staff will present those recommendations at a required public hearing ahead of final board action.
DiValli said the district followed the state-approved list and a multi-step adoption process that included vendor outreach, teacher surveys, a district narrowing team and school-level lesson trials. She said the narrowing team and school votes produced a recommendation that, for kindergarten through fifth grade,…
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