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Board declines amendment to remove Flocabulary; approves district's 2025'026 digital resources list
Summary
After debate over a promotional lyric in a vendor's video and whether supplementary materials should be district-approved, the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board rejected an amendment to remove Flocabulary and then approved the full 2025'6 digital-resources list by a 3'0 vote.
The Chandler Unified Governing Board voted 3'0 Wednesday to approve the district's 2025'6 digital-resources list as presented, after rejecting a motion that would have removed Flocabulary (a nearpod/Renaissance company) from the approved supplementary materials list.
Board member Heap moved to remove Flocabulary from the district's approved digital resources after citing a promotional clip that included a lyric he described as politically charged; Dr. Jessica Edgar, the district's assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, responded that the district approves many supplementary tools for teacher use and that teachers exercise professional judgment when aligning such materials to Arizona standards.
Why it matters: The vote centers on how the district reviews and approves…
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