Monthly Archives: November 2025

Curriculum Directors & Textbook Coordinators,

We were informed that the social studies textbook adoption would not be on today's board meeting agenda & would be delayed until December. The same thing happened last year with science - and we proceeded on with the caravan schedule. The Board voted at the December meeting.

Dr. Mackey has instructed us to continue with the caravan, as planned & scheduled, & we are appreciative of that direction. Given the timeline & the logistics of printing/shipping, it is in all of our best interests to proceed.

The Textbook Caravan serves as an opportunity to have your team introduced to the series which have been up for review early in your own local process. Continue to remind your textbook committee & the teachers/parents who may review samples or see presentations, that nothing is official until the State Board votes. Your committee should not make final decisions until we know for sure which books

Curriculum Directors & Textbook Coordinators:

Good afternoon! We are a week out from the State Board vote on the committee's recommendations for Social Studies & Arts Ed textbooks. Lisa & I will be at the board meeting, & I will email y'all just as soon as Dr. Jones gives us notification of the results.

The textbook caravan season begins right after that, with our first caravans in Montgomery & Tuscaloosa the very next week - & then we have 4 in the month of December - Huntsville, Athens, Mobile, & Auburn. The remaining caravans - Birmingham, Florence, Dothan, & Anniston - will be after the first of the year.