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District staff recommend new K–12 social studies and 9–12 ELA adoptions; five‑year costs presented

3141230 · April 29, 2025
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Curriculum staff recommended Studies Weekly for K–5 social studies and HMH Into Literature for 9–12 English Language Arts, with supplemental digital resources; five‑year cost estimates were presented to the board.

Curriculum coordinators recommended new instructional materials to align with Georgia standards and to replace an outgoing high‑school ELA program. The recommended K–5 social studies core is Studies Weekly (five‑year cost $1,281,783.90) with the DBQ Project as a supplemental writing resource (five‑year cost $234,000). The combined elementary social‑studies recommendation totaled $1,515,783.90 for five years.

For middle and high school social studies, staff recommended Gallipade for middle…

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