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Forest Hills board opens 30-day review of Amplify CKLA literacy curriculum for K'5
Summary
District staff presented Amplify CKLA as a comprehensive, knowledge-based K'5 literacy program and placed it on a 30-day public review with possible board approval in April; staff said a "35 m grant" would cover a large portion of the proposed six-year contract (amount not specified in the transcript).
Forest Hills Public Schools staff on March 9 recommended the district place Amplify CKLA, a knowledge- and project-based kindergarten-through-fifth-grade literacy curriculum, on a 30-day public review ahead of a planned vote in April.
The curriculum presenter, identified in the meeting as Ms. Drian, told the board the adoption team chose Amplify CKLA because it builds grade-to-grade background knowledge, weaves social studies and science into literacy units and includes scaffolded lessons and consumable materials. "This curriculum does a really, really good job of building background knowledge for our students, starting in kindergarten," Ms.…
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