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Staff recommend i-Ready for elementary and Imagine Learning for secondary; board hears $7.4M adoption request and implementation plan
Summary
Teaching and Learning presented a yearlong adoption process that recommends Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready for K–5 and Imagine Learning (Illustrative Math) for grades 6–12, with proposed contracts (~$4.2M elementary for seven years; ~$3.2M secondary for four years), a multi-year PD and implementation plan, and IT vetting; trustees pressed staff for written privacy assurances and clarity on budget timing.
Teaching and Learning leaders presented the district’s yearlong mathematics adoption process and recommended two publishers after a multi-stage pilot involving about 148 teachers and a 50-person committee. The recommendation: Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready for elementary classrooms and Imagine Learning’s Illustrative Math for secondary schools. Staff explained the selection process (IMET rubric, disaggregated data review, teacher pilots and student feedback) and emphasized supports planned for implementation, including vendor-provided overviews in May, teacher-leader cohorts, building-level implementation teams and ongoing PD beyond year one.
Staff provided preliminary budget figures: a 7-year i-Ready contract priced at about $4.2 million for elementary; a 4‑year Imagine Learning secondary package priced about $3.2 million; and additional funds for district professional development and coaching. Teaching and Learning leaders stressed that the district's instructional-technology team vetted each vendor before pilot participation and that BSD has strict student-data and privacy requirements. "Every one of the resources that you saw... had to meet that strong vetting process through IT prior to us even being able to use it," a district presenter said.
Board members and public commenters pressed for more detail. Several trustees asked for a written response addressing the allegations in the federal class-action lawsuit that was raised during public comment; staff said they would provide documentation of vendor privacy safeguards and contract protections before the board makes a final procurement decision. Students on the dais and several parents questioned the balance of online versus paper resources and how AI features or vendor platform usability would be used in the classroom; staff said materials include print and digital options and that teachers will decide how to balance modalities based on student needs.
The presentation did not by itself create a contract; staff said they will return with recommended contract terms, final pricing, and written privacy/IT vetting documentation in advance of the board’s procurement vote. Trustees also noted budget constraints and asked whether adoption costs could be shifted into the current fiscal year to limit next-year budget pressure.
