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District outlines curriculum adoption, IXL rollout and Lexia training grant

Preston County Schools Board of Education · February 23, 2026
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Summary

Curriculum staff briefed the board on textbook adoptions (health, art, music, personal finance), use of Title funds for professional development, early results and rollout plans for IXL, and a $70,000+ grant to train two staff as Lexia 'letters' facilitators.

Britta Layton, who identified herself as a federal programs and secondary curriculum leader, gave the board a multi-part update on textbook adoption, professional development funding and digital tools.

Layton said the district will present textbook-adoption recommendations for health, fine arts and the newly required personal-finance course later this spring and will bring formal approval requests to the board. She explained how multiple federal funding streams (Title I, II, III, IV and CTE) can be applied to professional development, and noted Title II…

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