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Board previews new middle‑school personal finance elective using free Next Gen curriculum
Summary
A middle‑school teacher proposed a nine‑week, standards‑aligned financial literacy elective for seventh and eighth graders built on the free Next Gen Personal Finance curriculum; staff plan to add the proposal to next week's regular meeting as a first reading.
Revere Local staff and a middle‑school teacher outlined a proposed nine‑week financial literacy elective for seventh‑ and eighth‑grade students at the Feb. 11 work session, saying the course would use the free Next Gen Personal Finance curriculum and feed into high‑school offerings.
Brad Lincoln, a middle‑school teacher who presented the plan, said the elective would cover budgeting, saving, credit, investing basics, consumer skills and age‑appropriate discussion of topics such as phishing and cryptocurrency risk. Lincoln said the curriculum aligns with district standards and is intended to build early, healthy financial habits.
Lincoln described the course as an elective students would take once in seventh or eighth grade and stressed it would not replace the high‑school personal‑finance requirement. He said the curriculum is free and can be supplemented with cost‑free activities such as stock‑market games and compounding‑interest calculators. The course length was described as a nine‑week elective; Lincoln said he would use district scheduling flexibility and consolidate sections rather than eliminate other electives.
District staff said the proposed course will appear on next week’s regular meeting agenda as a first reading so the public may comment. No final action or budgetary commitment was recorded at the work session.
