Board Approves $1.04 Million in New Curriculum for New Lenox District 122

New Lenox School District 122 Meeting | February 17, 2026

Article Summary: The District 122 Board authorized five new curriculum adoptions spanning English Language Arts, Spanish, Health, Social Studies, and Math, representing a $1,044,838 investment in classroom resources.

Curriculum Adoption Key Points:

• The largest investment is the ELA SAVVAS myView program for grades 1-5, costing $818,404 for a six-year term.

• Social Studies TCI was renewed for grades 4-6 at a total cost of $167,281 for six years.

• Math SAVVAS enVision was adopted for kindergarten at a cost of $57,553 for a five-year term.

• Through negotiations, the district leveraged over 55% in added value, securing $575,496 in savings and gratis products.

The New Lenox School District 122 Board of Education on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, unanimously approved a comprehensive $1,044,838 curriculum overhaul impacting English Language Arts, math, social studies, health, and Spanish programs.

The sweeping curriculum updates, presented by Dr. Marianne Cucci, were approved 7-0 as part of the Board’s consent agenda. The adoptions follow pilot programs and committee reviews involving dozens of teachers, reading specialists, and administrators across the district.

The most significant financial commitment is the adoption of the SAVVAS myView English Language Arts program for grades 1-5. Selected by a 37-member ELA committee, the program will cost $818,404 over six years. According to Cucci’s memorandum, kindergarten teachers will have the opportunity to pilot lessons from the SAVVAS program next year to prepare for the transition to full-day kindergarten.

For social studies, the district will renew the TCI curriculum for grades 4-6. The six-year agreement costs $167,281 and provides full-color interactive journals for fourth and fifth graders, updated textbooks for sixth graders, and new digital resources.

Kindergarten classrooms will see the implementation of the SAVVAS enVision math curriculum. The program, which focuses on foundational skills, patterns, and measurement, will cost $57,553 for a five-year term. The five-year timeline was specifically chosen to align with future math purchase cycles for grades 1-5.

In the Junior High buildings, the Board approved two smaller adoptions. The Health World Education digital curriculum was adopted for grades 6-8 at an annual cost of $1,600. Additionally, the district secured a one-year pilot of the SAVVAS Auténtico Spanish language curriculum for $0. The district negotiated the free pilot year to allow time to align its adoption timeline with the Lincoln-Way High School district, which currently uses the same Spanish curriculum.

In total, the district reported securing $575,496 in negotiated savings and free supplementary products across the five adoptions.