Mount Lebanon board reviews package of 10 curriculum and instruction policies, keeps adoption timetable

The Mount Lebanon Board of School Directors on Jan. 13 reviewed a package of 10 proposed policies covering curriculum and instruction and was told the policy committee recommends moving the policies forward for approval after a one-week review period.

The policies discussed include Policy 102 (Academic Standards); Policy 105 (Curriculum); Policy 105.1 (Review of Instructional Materials by Parents, Guardians, and Students); Policy 105.2 (Exemption from Instruction); Policy 107 (Adoption of Planned Instruction); a textbook-adoption policy (listed in materials as Adoption of Textbooks, replacing IJ Selection of Instructional Materials); Policy 109 (Noncurricular and Resource Materials); Policy 110 (Instructional Supplies); a new lesson-plans policy; and Policy 119 (Current Events). Dr. David Friese, the superintendent, said the policies were reviewed earlier by the district’s policy committee and the committee’s slide deck has been posted in BoardDocs for public review.

The proposed Policy 102 would align district curriculum with the Pennsylvania Core Standards the State Board of Education adopts. Policy 105…