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Board approves social-studies textbooks, EC contracts and intervention materials
Summary
After teacher and parent review, the board approved Savvas learning social-studies textbooks for grades 6–8; it also approved EC related-service contracts and a 95% group requisition (title I funds) to support K–5 Tier 3 interventions.
Instructional staff reported that teachers and parents reviewed three publisher offerings and selected Savvas learning as the new social-studies textbook for grades 6–8. The adoption includes student workbooks each year, digital access for students, staff development and teacher additions; textbook funds will be used to purchase materials.
The board also approved related-service contracts to provide EC speech pathology and other supports, citing a need for multiple vendors to meet demand, and approved a title I-funded requisition for 95% group materials to support intensive K–5 phonics and phonemic awareness interventions. "We had teachers from all the schools to review textbooks from 3 different companies.... In the end, the teachers ... chose Savvas learning as the textbook," a presenter said.
