Math Adoption - The Staff Strikes Back
Reviewing the updated agenda for tomorrow night's Board meeting, it looks like staff have been burning the midnight oil. First, the speakers list is full with nine people on the waitlist. The overwhelming number of comments are to be about the math adoption. Next, on the K-5 Math Instructional Materials Adoption , there are many new additions. The BAR is now 23 pages long. To note: In response to MAC members’ concerns around cost, staff provided cost information to the MAC and directed the MAC to take it into consideration it was reiterated prior to beginning deliberation that cost should not be considered as a primary criterion for ranking. Because committee member’s expertise was not primarily on cost or budget, Based on Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Michael Tolley ’s directive directed, MAC members to evaluate each were instructed to only evaluate each program only on merit, not overall cost. NOTE...