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Elementary committee recommends Ready Math for K–5; division awarded $245,000 for adoption support
Summary
After pilots of Kiddom and Ready Math/i-Ready approaches, the elementary textbook adoption committee recommended Ready Math for K–5 and described a partnership with VCU and a $245,000 King William share of a regional math-innovation grant to fund professional development and adoption costs.
The King William County School Board heard a presentation from the elementary textbook adoption committee and its recommendation to move forward with Ready Math as the division's K–5 high-quality instructional materials (HQIM).
Mrs. Davis and her team described two parallel pilots: Kiddom (teacher-led problem-solving and discourse) and Ready Math (which integrates with the division's existing i-Ready diagnostic platform). Presenters said Ready Math's instructional clarity, built-in examples and practice routines and the personalized pathways linked to i-Ready diagnostics were deciding factors for the committee.
Miss Heinesman and other classroom teachers who piloted both curricula described classroom practices and training needs. Teachers reported that Kiddom emphasizes student thinking and manipulatives but had less professional-development capacity in the pilot; Ready Math aligned with the district's i-Ready data platform and included more substantial PD support, which the committee said would ease classroom implementation.
The division also reported participation in a multi-division math innovation grant written in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University. Presenters said the joint award totaled about $1.44 million across participating divisions; King William's portion is $245,000. The funds will support curriculum-adoption costs, targeted professional development (including paid stipends for teacher participants), and PD alignment. The division said the grant and the VCU partnership would help tailor implementation and data analysis and that the grant funds must be used by Dec. 30.
The adoption recommendation was presented to the board; staff framed the next steps as piloting implementation, scheduling PD opportunities (including a VCU summer institute) and proceeding with procurement and rollout planning if the board supports the recommendation.
What happens next: The committee asked the board to approve moving forward with Ready Math as the K–5 HQIM. Staff noted the state's new curriculum-adoption legislation (house bill referenced in the presentation) will require local divisions to adopt K–12 curriculum materials by July 1, 2026; the division is proactively piloting and preparing to implement HQIM in response.
