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Hello fenceman. This is a good question. I am aware the Math program did not get new books. The committee voted last year to not get new math books. The reason was not funding related. We were ready to get all new math books but the math books were written for the old curriculum and not the new required PARK curriculum. We need books for the new PARK curriculum that all students will be required to take for state testing. If we had bought the books last year, we would have to replace them after only a year or two because they would outdated. The curriculum coordinator and team recommended not getting the books until they were updated for the proper curriculum. I am sure the Math books will be reviewed again this year and if the books are fully updated, they will be purchased. Once again, this is an example of administration doing their job to save the district money. They could have easily said, spend $1 million on the math books and in 2 years been looking for another $1 million for new books again. Administration continuously has made recommendations to save the schools money. This decision alone saved us $1 million. So I believe, giving them the $55,000 raise and step increase was appropriate and it did make sense at this time. If these administrators with experience left we could have had someone else that didn't know the job or the curriculum and made a poor recommendation. We would have paid a much larger amount than the raise they received. Over the last few years, I have voted several times to replace outdated books and always after a careful review from the curriculum committee and the curriculum coordinator. New books have always been a concern of mine. We can't replace all of them over night but I worked hard to make sure the correct books were purchased.

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