ARTICLE XI SUPPLIES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

Warwick School District

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11-1.1 Delivery of all supplies and educational materials shall be made to schools as soon as possible after having been received. It is the intent of the School Committee to order supplies and educational materials for the opening of school sufficiently in advance to assure their delivery by the beginning of the school year. Whenever the term educational materials is referenced in Article XI, educational materials shall include but not be limited to textbooks, ebooks, teacher manuals, workbooks, reference texts, etc.

The Committee agrees that it will provide sufficient basic supplies and materials which are distributed from the central warehouse and which are required to carry out the instructional programs.

The Committee further agrees that each teacher in a department and/or grade level should have equal access to the supplies and educational materials which are available.

11-1.2 The Committee agrees that before a change in any educational materials is made, or any new educational material is selected, principals and/or supervisors in the elementary schools will discuss the change or new selection with the teachers in the school. Before a change in or selection of new educational material is made in a secondary school, the department head and/or supervisor and/or the principal will discuss the change with the teachers in the department. The recommendation of the teachers in the elementary schools and the teachers in the respective secondary departments shall guide the principal and the administration in making the final decision.

The School Committee agrees that before any pilot program begins, teachers who will be involved shall have the opportunity to review the program and educational materials prior to the implementation of the piloted program.

11-1.3 The School Committee recognizes that when a teacher is working with students in the same group or level, a more effective learning environment exists when teacher and student educational materials are of the same edition.

11-1.4 The School Committee agrees to make reasonable effort to distribute its supply of technological equipment equitably among the schools.