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Committee forwards updated curriculum review timeline to full Germantown School Board
Summary
The Germantown School District Teaching & Learning Committee voted 08/04/2026 to forward an updated curriculum review timeline to the full board, adjusting schedules to align reviews with state (DPI) standard-update timing and to avoid rework when standards change.
The Germantown School District Teaching & Learning Committee voted on Aug. 4, 2026, to give a positive recommendation to the full school board to approve an updated curriculum review timeline that staggers subject reviews to align with state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) standard updates.
District curriculum director Mysiak told the committee that small adjustments to the timeline were necessary because DPI's schedule for updating standards is sometimes tentative. "The best way to do it is to review standards once they're updated so that we don't start some work, the standards get updated, and then we have to backtrack and redo things that we've already done," he said.
Mysiak outlined departments slated for review in the coming cycle: family and consumer sciences (grades 6–12), technology and engineering (6–12), health education (K–12), and rolling 9–12 science reviews; the district will continue staggered reviews of K literacy, K–8 science, K–12 social studies, 9–12 English, 9–12 math, and 9–12 business and marketing. He described the district process as a continuous-improvement loop in which a department remains in review until standards are next updated and resources and assessments are reevaluated.
Committee member Ebert pressed for detail on teacher workload and how the district minimizes classroom disruption when teachers participate on multiple review teams. Mysiak said the district limits pullouts, schedules sessions in mornings or afternoons, uses summer work days and principals' assistance, and offers alternative routes for teacher voice such as piloting materials or participating in pilots rather than full review-team membership.
The motion to forward the updated timeline to the full board passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded. The full board will consider the committee's recommendation at a future meeting.
Next steps: the full board will receive the committee's positive recommendation and, if approved, the timeline will guide curriculum reviews and pilot scheduling through the 2028–29 school year.
