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Instructional committee approves five curriculum revisions, including grade‑8 science and CNA pathway
Summary
Wallingford’s Instructional Committee voted by consensus to accept revisions to grade‑8 science, a CNA pathway (Med Careers 2), a three‑year middle‑school computer science sequence, Culinary Arts I, and an Investing for Financial Independence course; each item moves to the full board consent agenda.
The Wallingford School District Instructional Committee on April 20 approved revisions to five course curricula and forwarded them to the full board as consent items.
The committee accepted revisions for grade 8 science; Med Careers 2 (the CNA pathway); middle‑school computer science for grades six through eight; Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management I; and Investing for Financial Independence. The votes were voice‑consensus approvals taken separately for each item.
Interim science coordinator Tyler Peter Hansel described the grade‑8 revision as a six‑unit sequence aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards that uses a phenomenon‑driven approach to deepen student inquiry. "Every lesson, every unit, students are engaging in questioning. They're conducting…
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