Great Falls Public Schools is previewing kindergarten through 12th grade math resources at the district office through Dec. 17.

The materials are being considered for purchase and the district is seeking community feedback through the curriculum adoption process.

The math materials are available for public review in the Evergreen Room from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the district office building at 1100 4th St. S.

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Rachel Cutler, GFPS’ elementary coordinator of curriculum and assessment, told The Electric that the Montana Office of public instruction is nearing the end of their process of revising Montana math standards.

As part of the process, OPI created and shared some comprehensive documents to local school districts understand the upcoming changes, Cutler said.

GFPS formed the math committee this spring, and K-12 teachers, administrators, community members and parents met in May to talk about the proposed changes and also create guiding documents for our curriculum review, Cutler said.

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Several GFPS committee members travel to Helena last spring to give feedback on the proposed changes, Cutler said and the next step at the state level is for the Board of Public Education to consider them and decide whether to approve.

When the new standards are approved at the state level, the GFPS committee will reconvene to review the district standards documents and submit them to the GFPS school board for consideration.

Cutler said the district is beginning the lengthy process of looking at new math resources.

After gathering feedback from the community, the district will schedule presentations from the companies being considered.

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Cutler said her office doesn’t know how the committee will respond to those presentations so are unable to accurately predict cost. Over the summer, the district included an estimated $1.5 million in budget discussions for the new math curriculum to help the school board think ahead as it makes budget decisions.