Charlotte County Public Schools

K-5 ELA Instructional Materials Adoption

Committee

Recommendation Meeting Minutes

January 8, 2026

Murdock County Office Board Room

3:00 PM

Members in Attendance:

See attached sign in sheets

Advisory Meeting Called to Order:  3:00 p.m.

1. Welcome and Introductions
   1. Ms. Lisa Oberdier, Director K-12 Curriculum, welcomed the Advisory Committees and thanked them for their time and talent.
   2. Ms. Oberdier introduced Heather Garcia and Na’Shara Tyson, the Lead Facilitators.
2. Administrative Process
   1. Lead Facilitator reviewed the purpose, objectives, format, meeting norms, and next steps for the group.

3. Review of Data
   1. Committee Facilitator distributed folders with the applicable data.
   2. Committee Facilitator provided 10 minutes for Advisory Committee Members to independently review and carefully consider the applicable data.
4. Open Discussion
   1. Each Advisory Committee Member was given 2 minutes to provide an overview of their overall opinion on what they reviewed.

Florida Wonders/McGraw Hill

• Easily accessible/navigate - could locate things quickly
• Student friendly
• Liked the lesson flow
• BEST and Civics books were incorporated which is very beneficial

Benchmark

• Could not find any new updates
• Not developmentally appropriate for children
• No relatability to small kids
• No practice workbooks
• Text is too hard and not engaging
• Writing component is better
• Lessons are straightforward
• Cycles through standards well
• Dry and unrelatable
• Kids like the small group books
• Not hitting the rigor
• Kids are struggling with the leveled readers - teachers have to pull additional resources to make this work
• Not ESE friendly

HMH

•  Difficult to use
• Level of questioning was not rigorous enough
• Not hard enough but cute
• Likes that Amira is embedded
• Good that supplemental resources come with the program
• Not a good curriculum for FAST
• Lacking ESE support
• Hard to navigate

5. Reaching Consensus
   1. Committee Facilitator asked the Committee to come to consensus and rank the instructional materials packages under review for recommendation to the Superintendent.  This was done in the EdCredible platform.
   2. Committee Facilitator used the thumbs up to determine consensus on the following recommendation:

1. Florida Wonders/McGraw Hill
2. HMH

6. Submission of Recommendation and Ranking Form
   1. Committee Facilitator recorded results on the Recommendation and Ranking Form.
   2. Committee members signed the Recommendation and Ranking Form.

Meeting Adjourned at _4:00 pm_.

Respectfully submitted by

6-8 ELA Instructional Materials Adoption

Committee

Recommendation Meeting Minutes

January 8, 2026

Murdock County Office Board Room

1:00 PM

Members in Attendance:

See attached sign-in sheets

Advisory Meeting Called to Order:  1:00 p.m.

1. Welcome and Introductions
   1. Ms. Lisa Oberdier, Director of K-12 Curriculum, welcomed the Advisory Committees and thanked them for their time and talent.
   2. Ms. Oberdier introduced Heather Garcia and Na’Shara Tyson, the Lead Facilitators.
2. Administrative Process
   1. Lead Facilitator reviewed the purpose, objectives, format, meeting norms, and next steps for the group.
3. Review of Data
   1. Committee Facilitator distributed folders with the applicable data.
   2. Committee Facilitator provided 10 minutes for Advisory Committee Members to independently review and carefully consider the applicable data.
4. Open Discussion
   1. Each Advisory Committee Member was given 2 minutes to provide an overview of their overall opinion on what they reviewed.

StudySync/McGraw-Hill

• ELL support was great
• Easy to navigate
• BEST selections were focused on which was positive
• Liked that it had a lot of poetry
• Presentation and content were engaging
• Passages were below grade level
• Found it hard to locate things
• Audio was listener-friendly
• On-line identification was easy to manage not cluttered
• Felt it had more historical texts
• Annotation was less busy

Savvas/My Perspectives

• Cross curriculum was good
• Had great audios
• Interaction component was easy to navigate
• Did not have enough poetry
• Was not engaging
• Hard to navigate for some
• Familiar since we are using this now
• Stories were dry
• Like having the test workbook
• Platform was good
• Felt it was loaded with supplementals
• Did not feel it was going to be engaging enough to students, they will lose interest quickly
• Lack of poetry

ThinkCERCA

• Simplicity is good
• Tasks were difficult and time-consuming
• Not very engaging, lost interest quickly

5. Reaching Consensus
   1. Committee Facilitator asked the Committee to come to consensus and rank the instructional materials packages under review for recommendation to the Superintendent.  This was done in the EdCredible platform.
   2. Committee Facilitator used the thumbs up to determine consensus on the following recommendation:

1. StudySync/McGraw Hill
2. Savvas/My Perspectives

6. Submission of Recommendation and Ranking Form
   1. Committee Facilitator recorded results on the Recommendation and Ranking Form.
   2. Committee members signed the Recommendation and Ranking Form.

Meeting Adjourned at _2:05 pm_.

Respectfully submitted by Lisa Oberdier

9-12 ELA Instructional Materials Adoption

Committee

Recommendation Meeting Minutes

January 8, 2026

Murdock County Office Board Room

11:00 AM

Members in Attendance:

See attached sign in sheets

Advisory Meeting Called to Order:  11:00 a.m.

1. Welcome and Introductions
   1. Ms. Lisa Oberdier, Director K-12 Curriculum, welcomed the Advisory Committees and thanked them for their time and talent.
   2. Ms. Oberdier introduced Heather Garcia and Na’Shara Tyson, the Lead Facilitators.
2. Administrative Process
   1. Lead Facilitator reviewed the purpose, objectives, format, meeting norms, and next steps for the group.
3. Review of Data
   1. Committee Facilitator distributed folders with the applicable data.
   2. Committee Facilitator provided 10 minutes for Advisory Committee Members to independently review and carefully consider the applicable data.
4. Open Discussion
   1. Each Advisory Committee Member was given 2 minutes to provide an overview of their overall opinion on what they reviewed.

Savvas 

• User friendly
• ELL friendly
• Has very useful resources - video and audio
• Good for incorporating into CCPS curriculum maps
• Has good AI feedback
• Reading stamina is good
• Content aligns with what we are doing
• It seems there have not been any updates to the program
• The 11th and 12th grade books are very large and are a lot to handle for the amount of students that are using them in classroom - it is hard to keep track of them
• It aligns well with the AICE/Cambridge program
• Flexible writing opportunities
• Found it may be hard to engage 11th and 12th grade students - better for 9th and 10th grade
• Found there weren’t enough resources for teachers which would make it more difficult and require more work for them

StudySync/McGraw Hill

• No new updates
• Seemed fast and had the best text
• Pre-reading activities were a good option - it has access to all grade levels of texts
• It didn’t seem very captivating to challenge students
• Liked the off-line access
• Seemed a bit outdated
• Felt it was more engaging for 11th and 12th grades

ThinkCERCA

• Could be helpful for ELL and ESE students
• Good for independent readers

5. Reaching Consensus
   1. Committee Facilitator asked the Committee to come to consensus and rank the instructional materials packages under review for recommendation to the Superintendent.  This was done in the EdCredible platform.
   2. Committee Facilitator used the thumbs up to determine consensus on the following recommendation:

1. Savvas/My Perspectives
2. StudySync/McGraw Hill
3. Think CERCA     

6. Submission of Recommendation and Ranking Form
   1. Committee Facilitator recorded results on the Recommendation and Ranking Form.
   2. Committee members signed the Recommendation and Ranking Form.

Meeting Adjourned at _12:05 pm_.

Respectfully submitted by Lisa Oberdier

NOTICE OF THE MEETINGS OF THE K-12 ELA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Division of Learning

Meetings of the K-12 ELA Instructional Materials Advisory Committees are scheduled for the following dates, times, and locations:

These meetings are open to the public; however, there will be no opportunity for public input at these committee meetings.