Kennewick School District updates board on early rollout of K–5 CKLA curriculum

Kennewick School District staff offered a study-session update to the board on the early implementation of the newly adopted K–5 CKLA instructional materials, saying teachers are about eight weeks into the rollout and the district will present a progress report to the board in March.

Alyssa, a district staff presenter, told the board the district adjusted its adoption cycle last year, reviewed multiple materials and "recommended to the board to adopt in March, CKLA," after finding the previous materials "were not rigorous enough" and lacked explicit instruction. The board approved the purchase and funding for CKLA, staff said.

The district described the sequence of supports put in place: launch meetings at every elementary school in May, initial teacher training in June, unit planning in July, refresher…