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Kutztown Area SD committee reviews Arts & Letters pilot, proposes purchase ahead of budget
Summary
District presenters told the committee the Arts & Letters curriculum pilot showed similar first‑year proficiency to comparison classes but strong engagement; administrators proposed expanding the pilot to grades 1–5, with estimated first‑year costs of roughly $74,000 and PD funded in part by Title funds or existing budgets.
Administrators presented results of an elementary Arts & Letters pilot and proposed expanding the program across grades 1–5, saying the curriculum addresses the knowledge‑building strand of reading while the district’s existing UFLI program continues to provide foundational phonics instruction.
The proposal, discussed at a Finance, Property & Operations committee meeting, was framed as a complement to Pennsylvania’s structured‑literacy expectations under Act 135. A district director told the committee the district’s current resource “is not aligned to the structured literacy framework,” and that Arts & Letters was selected to strengthen language‑comprehension instruction alongside UFLI’s phonics focus.
Presenters summarized first‑year pilot data…
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