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Victoria ISD board approves purchase of state-adopted curriculum materials after staff review
Summary
The Victoria ISD Board of Trustees voted 5-0 to approve the purchase of state-adopted curriculum materials, following staff presentations on an IXL pilot and the district's move to streamline supplemental resources and multi-year adoptions.
The Victoria Independent School District Board of Trustees on June 2 approved the purchase of state-adopted curriculum materials recommended by district staff, voting unanimously 5-0.
District instructional staff presented a review of several supplemental and primary resources under policy CH Local and said the recommended materials exceed $100,000. "We piloted IXL learning in the spring," Miss Croyazzo, a district instructional leader, said, adding that staff used pilot data to evaluate student impact. "We got quite a few kids across the finish line utilizing that strategy." The staff presentation also noted that some digital supplements are eligible for state counting under the current House Bill process as stated in the meeting record.
The board discussed adoption cycles and materials in classroom practice. Ms. Garza, who led the discussion of literacy and math resources, said the district's primary elementary reading program is HMH (an eight-year adoption) and that STEMScopes has been used as the primary math resource ahead of a formal four-year adoption. A board member asked whether the new materials would rely heavily on digital platforms; Ms. Garza said primary curriculum includes student consumables and workbooks and that digital platforms are supplementary.
After the presentation and brief questions from trustees, a board member moved to approve the purchase of the recommended state-adopted instructional materials. The motion carried 5-0.
