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Staff recommends Wit and Wisdom for Groton middle school ELA; committee agrees to recommend adoption to full board (chair says he will abstain)
Summary
Staff recommended adopting the Wit and Wisdom ELA curriculum for grades 6–8 to align with existing K–5 use, citing EdReports ratings and pilot classroom visits; start‑up costs were estimated at about $100,000 with approximately $30,000 identified from a DoDEA literacy grant. The Curriculum Committee agreed to recommend the change to the Board of Education, with Chair Mitch Shinbrot saying he would abstain.
Anne Marie (staff) recommended that the Groton Board of Education adopt Wit and Wisdom (publisher Great Minds) for grades 6–8 at the May 4 Curriculum Committee meeting, arguing the program would create coherence with the district's K–5 Wit and Wisdom implementation and deliver higher‑quality, standards‑aligned instructional materials for middle school ELA.
Anne Marie said the recommendation followed a multi‑month review: pilot implementations of different resources, vendor presentations (including Great Minds and a My Perspectives representative), classroom visits to see Wit and Wisdom in practice,…
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