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THE SCHOOL BOARD OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA will conduct a Public

Hearing pursuant to §§ 1006.283 and 1006.40, Florida Statutes to consider the

recommended adoption of the following instructional materials for Science classes.

 

The following materials are being recommended, from the state approved instructional

materials list, pending budget allowance:

 

Elementary Grades K – 5

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Accelerate Learning

  3. Savvas

  4. Discovery Education

 

Middle Grades 6-8 Earth/Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Savvas

  3. Accelerate Learning

  4. Discovery Education

  5. Kiddom

 

High School – Anatomy and Physiology

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Goodheart-Wilcox

  3. B.E. Publishing

  4. eDynamic Learning

  5. National Geographic Cengage

  6. Kiddom

 

High School - Biology

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Savvas

  3. National Geographic Cengage

  4. Accelerate Learning

  5. Kiddom

 

High School – Chemistry

  1. National Geographic Cengage – Recommended for Adoption

  2. McGraw-Hill

  3. Savvas

  4. PASCO Scientific

  5. Accelerate Learning

  6. Kiddom

High School – Earth/Space Science

  1. National Geographic Cengage – Recommended for Adoption

  2. McGraw-Hill

 

High School – Environmental Science

  1. National Geographic Cengage – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Savvas

  3. McGraw-Hill

 

High School – Marine Science

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. National Geographic Cengage

  3. eDynamic Learning

 

High School – Physical Science

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

 

High School – Physics

  1. McGraw-Hill – Recommended for Adoption

  2. Kiddom

  3. PASCO Scientific

  4. Savvas

  5. Accelerate Learning

 

The public is invited to preview the materials online via the Okaloosa County School

District website. The direct link to the preview materials is

https://www.okaloosaschools.com/page/science-textbook-adoption. Printed copies of the

student texts being proposed for adoption are also available in the Office of Curriculum

and Instruction located at the School District’s Central Administration Complex, located

at 202-A Highway 85 North, Niceville, Florida. The public may make appointments to

review these instructional materials by contacting Ryan Gore at (850) 833-4208.

 

The Public Hearing will be conducted during the School Board’s regular meeting on

June 10, 2024, at 6:15 p.m., or soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. The meeting

will be conducted at the School District’s Central Administration Complex located at 202

Highway 85 North, Niceville, Florida, in the Training Room. This meeting is open to the press and public. Those members of the public wishing to comment on the instructional

materials recommended for adoption may appear at the Public Hearing and will be heard.

 

Any interested party who decides to appeal any decision made by the Okaloosa

County School Board with respect to any matter considered during this meeting, will need

a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim

record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence

upon which the appeal is to be based. This notice does not constitute consent by the

School Board for the introduction or admission of otherwise inadmissible or irrelevant

evidence, nor does it authorize challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law.

 

Any person requiring special accommodation at this meeting because of a disability

or physical impairment should contact the Superintendent of Schools at (850) 689-7185,

prior to the meeting.

 

BY: Marcus D. Chambers, Superintendent of Schools

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2024

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