At tonight’s Board meeting, Superintendent Richard Mextorf outlined a process that would result in an alternative math curriculum being selected for pilot testing in fall 2010. The plan, including the makeup of the committee and the aggressive timetable, is described in this document. The process will be run by an external facilitator, Dr. Mark Dietz, a former superintendent of two Pennsylvania school districts and educational consultant, who was present at the meeting.
A large and diverse advisory committee will be selected by the Culture, Climate and Learning subcommittee of the Board. Meetings of the committee will be open to the public but, understandably, there will not be time for public comment at the meetings. The deadline for “letters of interest” from those interested in serving will be this Sunday evening. Look for details in tomorrow morning’s CDT and on the District website (links to be added).
If there is anything that would represent an improvement to this proposed process, I cannot think of what it would be …
UPDATE: CDT story is here.
