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Orono board approves K–5 literacy curriculum recommendations; funding still undecided
Summary
The Orono Public School District board approved recommendations to adopt Arts and Letters for knowledge-building and UFLI Foundations for foundational skills, while noting final purchases and implementation timing depend on available READ Act and other funds.
The Orono Public School District Board of Education on May 13 approved a district recommendation to adopt a new K–5 English language arts curriculum and a foundational-skills program, while making clear purchases will proceed only if and when funding is secured.
Board members voted, by voice, to approve the curriculum recommendations after a multi-year study and extensive staff review. The district recommended Arts and Letters (the vendor described to the board as the updated successor to Wit & Wisdom) for K–5 knowledge-building modules and the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) Foundations for primary-grade foundational skills. The board also approved a phased implementation approach and continuation of the district’s current foundational resource for grades 3–5 if necessary.
District leaders said the recommendation responds to the state READ Act’s emphasis on grade-level reading and to local curriculum review criteria developed by teachers and literacy specialists. “We believe these curricular resources will help us get to that…
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