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Omaha Public Schools staff recommend new alternate-curriculum and K–12 music materials for 2025–26
Summary
Teaching-and-learning staff recommended Attainment Company and several supplementary programs for alternate curriculum (K–age 21) and proposed Quaver Ed and Sound Innovations products and equipment for K–12 music; board was briefed and told vendor agreements will be brought back for approval.
Omaha Public Schools staff recommended new instructional materials Monday for two significant curricular areas, saying the products would better align resources with student needs and expand hands-on and multilingual options.
At an informational presentation to the Board of Education, Chris Perera, special education teaching and learning consultant, and colleagues recommended adoption of Attainment Company as the core program for the district’s alternate curriculum (students K–age 21 who require modified standards). The proposal also includes supplementary vendors — Building Wings (Readtopia Go, Readtopia, News Currents), EPS Learning (Sound Sensible and SPIRE), and LINCS from the STAR autism support program — to expand literacy, multisensory reading…
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