Tri‑City United board adopts Reveal Math K–12 curriculum, approves six‑year investment

The Tri‑City United School Board voted Feb. 23 to adopt Reveal Math as its K–12 mathematics curriculum after a multi‑month review by district teachers and instructional coaches.

Mela, the district’s director of teaching and learning, told the board the adoption team vetted materials beginning in November and selected Reveal Math because it aligns closely to Minnesota standards and offers both physical and digital materials and built‑in intervention options. “What we selected for K all the way up through Algebra 2 is Reveal Math,” Mela said during the presentation.

Presenters described the selection as a unanimous recommendation from the adoption team, which included K–12 teachers and instructional coaches who piloted lessons across grade levels. Steven Linesess, a sixth‑ through eighth‑grade special education case manager who co‑taught classroom lessons during the pilot, said the materials provided intervention resources and ready‑to‑use lessons that reduced the need for teachers to create every assignment from scratch.

The board heard estimates for the investment required to implement the new program. Administrators proposed a six‑year contract they estimated at roughly $430,000, plus an onboarding and professional‑development estimate of about $70,000; additional concurrent‑enrollment textbook purchases for pre‑calculus, calculus and a new statistics course were estimated as high as $65,000, though presenters said recent quotes suggested those costs may be nearer $30,000. Mela said Reveal is producing a Minnesota‑specific version to align with the state’s standards and noted Reveal is sponsoring a training conference in April for districts adopting the materials.

Several board members asked about budget impacts and rollout timing. One board member said the adoption was “necessary” to address longstanding curriculum gaps; administrators said the cost is higher than previous adoptions but asserted the district can make it work through the budget cycle and by eliminating redundant programs. The board voted to adopt the curriculum by a recorded motion; the clerk announced, “Motion has passed. 6.”

Next steps, as described by the district, include vendor‑led professional development, phased classroom rollout, and monitoring of usage through the district’s instructional coaches. Administrators said they will bring implementation details and budget impacts to upcoming meetings.

The adoption marks the district’s effort to move from teacher‑created patchwork materials toward a consistent K–12 sequence with embedded interventions and professional support.