Education & Pupil Services Committee Meeting: October 2026

The Education & Pupil Services Committee meeting of November 10, 2026, approved its posted agenda and reviewed three textbook recommendations for middle- and high-school social studies and Spanish courses. The committee recommended 70 print copies of AMSCO’s 2025 AP Modern World History text for nearly $17,800, and Cengage’s 2026 The American Pageant AP U.S. History text for about $12,000. For Spanish, the committee recommended the new Senderos text, with 490 textbooks and a digital package; the presentation cited a cost exceeding $100,000 and approximately 189 additional student licenses, and described a six-year package that includes professional development. The transcript does not clearly specify the Spanish cost breakdown. Board members agreed to advance all three recommendations for action at the November 10 board meeting; no final textbook purchase vote occurred at this committee meeting.

The committee also reviewed policies 204.1, 221, and 236.1 for board action. Discussion described 204.1 as setting wellness-check standards for students receiving virtual instruction for the full school year, and 221 as addressing dress and grooming; the transcript gives little detail on 236.1. Members agreed to move the policies forward. No contract awards or vendor-selection votes were recorded; the textbook recommendations were the meeting’s identified procurement activity.