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Board hears curriculum and intervention changes: Bookworms K–4, HMH materials for 5–8, plus Read 180 expansion
Summary
School administrators described expanding Bookworms K–4 next year, adopting HMH reading for grades 5–8, and continuing Read 180 interventions and paraprofessional-led small groups to sustain literacy gains.
District staff told the board they plan to expand Bookworms for K–4 next year and adopt new HMH reading materials for grades 5–8, while continuing Read 180 interventions and targeted paraprofessional small-group supports.
A staff member said adoption of a new curriculum can cause short-term 'growing pains,' adding "anytime you adopt a new curriculum, year 1, it can come with its problems." Staff described a blended approach: scripted HMH materials supplemented with free-read choices, monthly data meetings and a literacy coach who spends 60 days per year coaching teachers. Read 180 was described as a two-part intervention (flex model and a full-class model), and the district reported several hundred students used the program this year.
Board members discussed how paraprofessionals were redeployed from math classes to ELA intervention and asked whether individual outstanding student growth would be celebrated; staff said teachers celebrate individual student successes at parent-teacher conferences and report cards. No policy action was taken; curriculum adoption plans are presented as next-year instructional changes.
