Board approves revised middle-school program including new literacy lab despite objections
The board approved a revised middle-school program of studies that adds a literacy lab and a gifted seminar; several trustees raised concerns about staffing, scheduling and insufficient data, and at least two members voted no on item 9e even though the motion ultimately carried.
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The Pleasant Valley School District board voted to approve a set of curriculum items (9b–9e) that include a revised middle‑school program of studies adding a literacy lab and a new gifted seminar. Administrators said the literacy lab would occupy existing periods and that gifted seminar content would be integrated by grade-level periods; the administration also said it had begun tracking staffing and scheduling implications.
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