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Board approves Bluebonnet Learning as an option for math and ELA after public comment on religious content
Summary
Following public comments raising concerns about religious content, Goose Creek CISD trustees approved Bluebonnet Learning as an option for math and English language arts; staff said the district would review and replace any explicitly religious material identified by committee review.
Trustees approved Bluebonnet Learning as an option for math and English language arts during the March 3 Goose Creek CISD board meeting after a period of public comment and board discussion about potential religious content in the materials.
Public comment included three speakers who addressed the board during citizens’ participation. Marga (Marge) Matthews urged adoption of a curriculum she referred to as the "bluebonnet curriculum," emphasizing literacy and character development and arguing the program is secular and focused on reading. Miss Holland also spoke in favor of the Bluebonnet Learning materials, saying the package would provide teachers with ready-made lesson plans and stronger phonics instruction. Nicholas Rice associated himself with earlier speakers and pointed trustees to the Texas Education Code, saying in part…
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