The district’s learning and teaching leadership told the committee they will shift from a heavy curriculum adoption pace to a year that emphasizes professional learning, instructional guidance and targeted curriculum projects tied to accountability measures. Staff said they are prioritizing increased support for instruction and teachers, while studying several potential future projects such as additional AP or dual‑credit options and enhancements to high school pathways.

Why it matters: the forecast frames where the district will allocate staff time and funding, and it sets the agenda for committee review and board decisions about which curriculum or pathway projects to prioritize in coming years.

Key points staff presented:
- Curriculum cycle: ongoing core curricula remain supported; Algebra 2 (and honors) is in field testing with a midyear resource request anticipated; geometry work would follow if Algebra 2 proceeds efficiently. Staff said alignment to accountability — including ACT content — informed that sequencing.
- Instructional priorities: staff will develop district guidance on multi‑tiered systems of support (MTSS) and pursue a focused review of mathematics instruction to address conceptual and procedural needs across grade bands.
- K–2 social‑emotional learning: staff proposed beginning with K–2 cohorts this year and expanding to 3–5 in a subsequent phase, citing the need to target early behaviors that support rigorous academics.
- Artificial intelligence: staff said Matt Smith (IT) will join L&T work on AI and that the district is beginning to develop guidance for classroom use, recognizing technologies and policies may change rapidly.
- High school pathways: staff said they are collecting information on additional AP courses and dual‑credit options and expect to bring early recommendations to the board as soon as next month; they also described ongoing study teams examining dual credit, work‑based experiences and high‑school course offerings (physical science/physics, social studies electives).

Board members asked about timeline flexibility for pathway priorities and urged administration to present clear recommendations on resource needs and tradeoffs. Staff said they will bring options, costs and prioritization recommendations to the board and use the L&T committee to monitor long‑term transformation programs and the district’s capacity to implement new pathways. No formal decisions were taken during the meeting.