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Mendon‑Upton committee moves toward adopting Amplify ELA after multi‑month review
Summary
After an eight‑week field test and review by more than 30 educators, district staff recommended adopting Amplify (including CKLA/Camino variants) as the K–8 ELA curriculum; presenters cited alignment to the science of reading and vertical coherence, and committee members pressed staff to lower a disputed shipping cost before approving purchase.
The Mendon‑Upton Regional School District school committee received a recommendation to adopt Amplify as its pre‑K through eighth‑grade English‑language arts curriculum following an extended review and an eight‑week field test.
District presenters told the committee that more than 30 educators participated in a review beginning in November 2024 and narrowed five highly rated resources to two through desk review and field testing. "They came back together after collecting feedback from students and other colleagues, and they made a unanimous decision from pre k through 8 ... to adopt ... Amplify," a presenter said. Staff cited the program's…
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