Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 3/10/2025 - 6:30 PM
Category: APPROVAL OF OTHER ITEMS
Type: Info/Action
Subject: 12.3 2025-26 Preschool English Language Arts Textbook Adoption
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Enclosure
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Summary: The Curriculum Department, in collaboration with the teachers and administrator at Houston Early Learning Center, is recommending the following instructional resource for adoption for the 2025-26 school year: Joyful Discoveries The Center for the Science of Reading at Mount St. Joseph University Copyright, 2019 The resource was made available for parents and families to review on Thursday, February 20th. This resource is on Ohio's approved list of instructional materials and is aligned to the Science of Reading. The resource will be purchased using the Ohio High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) grant that Northwest Local was awarded at the end of the 2023-24 school year.
Funding:
Recommendation: The Superintendent recommends that the Board of Education approve the PS ELA Resource Adoption as listed.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Brenda Miller - Director of Curriculum
Signed By:
Mr. Darrell Yater - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Chris Heather Moved, Member Jim Detzel seconded to approve the Original motion 'The Superintendent recommends that the Board of Education approve the PS ELA Resource Adoption as listed.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Jim Detzel     Yes
Chris Heather     Yes
Mark Gilbert     Yes
Nicole Taulbee     Yes
Nancy Slattery     Yes