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District staff seek renewals for Renaissance Star, Nearpod and Newsela and preview textbook replacements

2787459 · March 26, 2025
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Staff recommended multi‑year renewals and pilots for benchmark assessment, lesson delivery, and news‑article literacy platforms and described planned physics and chemistry textbook replacements and professional development costs.

District staff reviewed a set of instructional materials and software renewal and adoption items, including Renaissance Star benchmark assessment renewal, Nearpod lesson delivery expansion, Newsela subscription renewal, and proposed chemistry/physics textbook replacements.

Staff said Renaissance Star, the district’s universal screener used three times a year for growth monitoring and IEP goal setting, is proposed for a three‑year renewal. Nearpod, which district staff…

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