District curriculum staff presented the results of a months-long instructional-materials review and adoption process for English language arts and English-language development.

Adam McMickle, the executive director of student achievement, summarized the committee evaluations and recommended materials for board consideration. He described the review process, scoring criteria and the districtommittees' rationale for each recommendation.

Committee recommendations

- K' (early elementary): the K' committee recommended Savvas (MyView Literacy). McMickle said the committee scored Savvas highly for curricular design and digital resources; a projected seven-year contract price presented in the materials totaled about $1,171,000 to secure top-tier pricing and consumables.

- Grades 3: the committee recommended OpenUp/EL Education (OpenUp publishes the EL Education materials). McMickle said OpenUp earned a top score in curricular design and that the committee ebate was close and substantive.

- Grades 7
2: the committee recommended CommonLit 360; staff noted CommonLit is primarily digital and that the district would also acquire required titles in physical form where needed.

- K English-language development (ELD): the committee recommended VISTA's "get ready" curriculum for students receiving ELD services.

Why the board paused two recommendations

Shortly after the committee process concluded, staff learned updated 2025 copyrights from two vendors (Amplify and OpenUp) had not been considered. McMickle told the board those updated copyrights addressed some of the early-literacy requirements that were scored in the committee process. He said the district had access to the revised materials but had not evaluated them through the formal committee process.

Board action

Board member Peterson moved and Vice President Anderson seconded a motion directing staff to reconvene the affected committees and to re-review the revised materials from OpenUp and Amplify (RFPs 25005 and 25003) before the board takes final adoption action. The motion passed on a voice vote; no recorded roll-call tally of individual votes was given in the transcript.

Implementation planning

McMickle outlined an implementation timeline should the board approve the curricular choices: a half-day orientation and a full implementation day for teachers during summer months (early July orientation and early August implementation); vendor training costs and stipends for teachers to attend several hours of vendor-led preparation were described as line items in the materials.

Next steps

The board's direction means staff will reconvene the committees and present any revised findings to the board before a final March or April adoption vote. McMickle said the district will work to keep materials, purchase timing and teacher training on schedule if the board instructs further review.

Ending

Board members praised the thoroughness of the committee work and emphasized the importance of choosing materials carefully. No final adoption vote was taken at this meeting for the K' and 3 materials until the re-review is complete.