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Lexington Public Schools — Curriculum
What's happened recently in curriculum for Lexington Public Schools.
Over the past several months, Lexington Public Schools has moved through a sequence of curriculum-related decisions, beginning with policy-level work and progressing toward specific program changes. In November 2025, the committee scheduled third readings and possible final votes on both the graduation-and-competency policy and the graduation-requirements policy, signaling a coming decision point on what students must achieve and complete to earn a diploma.
In January 2026, the agenda turned to proposed changes at Lexington High School, with scheduled discussion of science and world-language curriculum adjustments. By February 2026, attention shifted to the elementary level, where a steering committee's recommendation for a new K-5 English language arts and literacy curriculum was set for a vote.
Together these items reflect a busy period of review and potential adoption spanning graduation requirements, high-school course offerings, and foundational literacy instruction.
What happened
K-5 literacy curriculum vote scheduled
The February 10 agenda scheduled a vote on the steering committee's K-5 English language arts and literacy curriculum recommendation.
High-school science and world-language changes proposed
The January 13 agenda scheduled discussion of proposed Lexington High School science and world-language curriculum changes.
Graduation and competency policies near final votes
The November 18 agenda scheduled third readings and possible votes on both the graduation-and-competency policy and the graduation-requirements policy.
Synthesized from 3 published, source-verified alerts about curriculum for Lexington Public Schools.
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