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Cheltenham administrators recommend Amplify CKLA adoption, outline next year’s K–5 math and science plans
Summary
District leaders told the Educational Affairs Committee they will propose Amplify CKLA for K–5 ELA, continue Foundations for early phonics, and enter a K–5 math adoption next year after Envision’s contract ends; they highlighted inquiry‑based science shifts tied to new PSSA/STEALS alignment and plans to mitigate teacher prep needs.
Dr. Savage told the Educational Affairs Committee the district will present K–5 ELA materials for board adoption in June, saying, “we do have the samples of the K to 5 ELA instructional materials that we are going to propose to adopt for the 26, 27 school year through the board in the June meeting.”
The administration recommended Amplify CKLA as the core K–5 ELA program and said Foundations will continue as the district’s phonics and phonemic awareness program in year one of implementation to ground structured literacy work. A curriculum supervisor added…
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