Each year the state of SC establishes priorities for purchasing instructional materials and resources for our students. Currently, the state is funding new English Language Arts (ELA) materials for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students. Before the process reaches our schools, the SC State Board of Education seeks stakeholder input from across the state and approves a broad list of textbooks for schools to review. Following state approval, textbook publishers formally presented their materials to school districts and distributed samples of their resources for our review.
The K-12 ELA Textbooks selection process has been completed at the state level and it is now time to complete the approval process at the district level. SDPC invites the public to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in Pickens County schools for ELA.
The materials will be on display in person and online through March 21, 2024 with instructions for submitting comments available in person and online.
Community stakeholders may review and give feedback on the resources:
In-person at Central Services (8:30am until 4:00pm Monday through Friday)
Curtis A. Sudden Administrative Building
1348 Griffin Mill Road
Easley, SC 29640
OR online by visiting: https://bit.ly/4a36Gop
Login information for the textbook publisher sites is listed on the website linked above.
FEEDBACK - There is a link to a survey found here (and on the site linked above) that will allow you to give us feedback https://forms.gle/Jm4ceScx6cSPSgH97
Our goal is to be able to send the SDPC Board of Trustees the final recommendation for each level the week of March 25. This timeline is crucial in order to receive instructional materials prior to the beginning of the 2024-25 school year.
We appreciate your input in this process.