Board approves two Advanced Placement instructional materials and budgets for next school year

District instructional staff presented the Advanced Placement adoption process and asked the board to approve materials recommended by AP teachers.

The presenter explained that AP course adoption requires College Board-aligned curricula, teacher training and course audits. For AP U.S. History, the district budgeted $20,000 for a six-year subscription but reported having negotiated the quoted price down to $8,997 for the current order; staff said that figure would support about 450 students and associated teacher materials. For AP Pre-Calculus the district recommended an OpenStax open-education resource (used at several Oregon colleges) and discussed printing or binding copies for approximately the current enrollment (about 25 students) plus the cost of calculators the program may need.

The board moved to adopt OpenStax Pre-Calculus for AP Pre-Calculus and the McGraw-Hill AP U.S. History text to be implemented in fall 2026; one additional AP text remained under public review with a comment period that closes June 19 and will be returned to the board for final action after that community review.

What happens next: staff will place orders to ensure teacher resources arrive by August 31 and will return with final pricing for the third text after public-review feedback is collected.