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The district has not adopted French books in many years. The teachers have not had any materials and/or textbooks to use with the students taking French. There are currently four teachers teaching French to a total of 209 students across the district at three schools (MHS, RHS, and KHH). We were having teachers trying to stay within copyright laws while trying to teach a foreign language. This was an area not supported with any current instructional material; therefore, it was imperative that they be provided materials to best fit their students' needs.

The state sent names of the three companies that were on their adoption list for our district to vet. Three of the four teachers met after school on Monday, September 12, 2016 to come to consensus. All teachers were sent all three textbook samples prior to the 12th to review. The teachers then discussed and determined that EMC was the best for French Levels I & II. Vista Higher Learning, which is currently the adopted publisher for Spanish, was better suited for the upper levels due to the rigor of the text itself. The Instructional Resource Department met with them to finalize their decision. The IR Department is looking to place the public notice of this adoption in the paper this month and have a public hearing following the Board Meeting in November. It is the hope of this department to have the orders placed for French by December. EMC's bid for levels I & II came in just under 13,000 for the entire five years of the adoption and serves 113 students currently. Vista Higher Learning is scheduled to be purchased in the Spring when next year's funds are released at a cost of 4,000 and will serve the remaining 25 students. This will complete all foreign language adoptions for our district. 

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