School Board talks budget, new K-8 materials, Notice of 23-24 Preliminary Budget Completion
The Stanwood-Camano School Board heard a report on the 2023-24 budget and the K-8 reading and writing materials adoption during the regular board meeting on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
Notice of 23-24 Preliminary Budget Completion.
The budget update discussed the status of drafting the 2023-24 school district budget, which the school board will host a public hearing about in August. Learn more about the district budget on our Finance webpage.
The board also heard a report from the Teaching and Learning Department about the nearly yearlong process of updating the district’s K-8 reading and writing materials.
The district last adopted new reading and writing materials in 2009.
Dozens of staff members participated in analyzing and testing different curriculums before recommending the school board approve adopting Amplify reading and writing materials for grades K-5 and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading and writing for grades 6-8. The school board unanimously voted to approve the adoptions at the meeting.
Amplify reading and writing materials were chosen in part because of its research based on the Science of Reading. Along with the embedded foundational skills that support students in the primary years, it also provides rigorous writing instruction throughout its units. Find more about Amplify HERE.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading and writing materials were chosen because in part of their alignment to common core state standards, use of data, and teacher and support. Middle school adoption team members also appreciated its alignment to the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support work already underway in the district. Find more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading materials HERE and writing materials HERE.
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The Board and school district are grateful for these donations and the associated donors:
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$150 from the Snoqualmie Tribe to cover the transportation costs for Utsalady Elementary students to attend the Outdoor Education field trip to Warm Beach Camp on June 1-2, 2023.
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$444.67 from the Twin City Elementary PTA to cover the transportation costs for the Kindergarten field trip to Kayak Point on May 26, 2023.
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$929.84 from the Elger Bay Elementary PTA to cover the transportation costs for the field trips to the Hibulb Cultural Museum, Camano Island State Park, and Camp Orkila, during the 2022-2023 school year.
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$1,108.19 from the Utsalady Booster Club to cover the transportation costs for the field trips to the Spark Museum, Warm Beach Camp, and the Camano Island Schoolhouse, during the 2022-2023 school year.
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$2,311.00 from The Healing Fund in support of Stanwood High School’s Choir Club.
For more information about the meeting, see the agenda or watch a video recording of a meeting.
The next scheduled School Board meeting is 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 8, in the boardroom at the Stanwood-Camano School District Administration & Resource Center at 26920 Pioneer Highway in Stanwood.
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