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Trustee’s motion to pull $2.4M in curriculum purchases fails; board approves purchasing agenda

Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Trustee Melton urged delay and public presentation of the curriculum selection process before approving roughly $2.4 million in instructional purchases (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt referenced); the motion to remove the items failed and the purchasing agenda passed (vote tally not specified).

A motion by Trustee Melton on March 9 to remove three curriculum items from the purchasing agenda so trustees could first be briefed on the selection process failed and the board approved the purchasing agenda.

Trustee Melton said she could not support approving approximately $2.4 million in instructional materials without a public presentation of the curriculum selection process, pilot results and alignment to…

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