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Staff recommends CommonLit 360 as Lakeville’s 9–12 ELA core resource; board to consider at next meeting
Summary
District teaching staff recommended CommonLit 360 as the core ELA resource for grades 9–12 after multi‑year review, teacher field tests and a month‑long community review. Implementation costs were estimated and staff said supplemental novel selections will be curated by a selection committee and returned to the board for approval.
Lakeville Public School District teaching staff told the school board at a March 10 work session they recommend adopting CommonLit 360 as the district’s core English language arts resource for grades 9–12.
Tracy Brovald, executive director of teaching and learning, and Natalie Nelson, secondary literacy coordinator, described a standards‑aligned adoption process shaped by Policy 606 that included vendor evidence review (ED/IES reports), multi‑year field testing beginning in 2024, teacher piloting, and a community review period in December. Nelson said teachers who field‑tested CommonLit 360 reported that the platform provides a broad collection of texts, structured unit…
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