Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 1/25/2022 - 5:00 PM
Category: Adoption of Consent Agenda
Type: Action
Subject: Approval of Core Reading Program Contracts
End Statements:
End Statement I - Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence
Enclosure
File Attachment:
01.25.2022 Benchmark and McGraw Hill.pdf
Summary : In Spring of 2021, the Board of Education approved the allocation of funds to purchase CDE approved core reading programs. Thirteen schools in Douglas County piloted Benchmark programs or Wonders. The purchase of programs from these two vendors will put the Douglas County School District (DCSD) in compliance with the new requirements of the revised Colorado READ Act.

McGraw Hill - Wonders
Reading Wonders (Grades K-6). $1,880,491.50
WonderWorks (Grades K-6) 289,683.39
Professional Development 15,000.00
S&H 65,555.22
Total $2,250,730.11

Benchmark
Benchmark Workshop $1,388,600.00
Benchmark Advance 552,020.00
Phonics Intervention 165,480.00
Additional Decodables (BW Classrooms) 77,040.00
S&H (3%) 65,494.00
Total $2,248,634.00

Combined Total $4,499,364.11
Funding:
Recommendation: That the Board of Education approve the core reading program contracts under adoption of Consent Agenda.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Erica Mason - Director Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development
Signed By:
Matt Reynolds - System Performance Officer
Signed By:
Corey Wise - Superintendent
Vote Results: