Agenda Item
b. Purchase of Instructional Materials and Resources (Not to Exceed $9,900,000)
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Sean Tartt, Acting Chief Academic Officer, Division of Teaching and Learning
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education approve the purchase of previously adopted textbooks, supplemental resources, textbook management systems, and instructional materials, including print and digital resources, from 95 Core, Accelerate Learning, Amira Learning, BFW Publishers, Capstone, Carnegie Learning, Cengage, CodeHS, Edmentum, eDynamic, Evans & Sutherland, Find Your Grind, Follett, Hello World, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Imagine Learning, McGraw Hill, Pearson, Progress Learning, Reef Distribution, Savvas, Social Studies School Service, Studies Weekly, Textbook Warehouse, Transfr, and Vista Higher Learning in an amount not to exceed $9,900,000.
Why: According to Board Policy IFA-Instructional Media, the District must provide access to instructional resources including, but not limited to, textbooks and supplementary materials. It is necessary to purchase previously adopted textbooks, supplemental resources, textbook management systems, and instructional resources needed to replenish inventory or accommodate growth.
Details: During the 2026-2027 school year, the District may purchase previously adopted instructional resources from the following vendors that may exceed $100,000.00:
Vendor
Content/
Grade
Year Adopted
Format
*Cost Estimate
Accelerate Learning
Science K-2
2018
Digital
$143,785.00
Accelerate Learning
Science 3-8
2018
Digital
$208,367.25
BFW Publishers
AP World History
2018
Digital
$75,075.00
Carnegie Learning
World Languages MS & HS
2024
Print
$59,966.20
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ELA 9-12
2024
Print
$42,644.21
McGraw Hill
ELA 1-2 - Anthologies
2023
Print
$128,785.14
McGraw Hill
Social Studies - African American Studies
2018
Digital
$28,917.00
McGraw Hill
Social Studies - American Government and World Geography
2018
Digital
$1,970,186.40
McGraw Hill
ELA K-2 (TEs)
2023
Print
$251,950.60
McGraw Hill
ELA 6-8 (TEs)
2024
Print
$33,621.58
Pearson
Social Studies
AP (Human Geography, US Govt.-Politics, and Comp. Govt./Politics
2018
Digital
$125,748.75
Savvas
ES 3-5 (TEs)
2023
Print
$743,631.00
Social Studies School Service (Active Classroom)
Social Studies
6-7 and HS
2018
Digital
$246,362.22
Studies Weekly
Social Studies
K-2
2018
Print and Digital
$215,701.08
Textbook Warehouse
Fine Arts 4-5 (Band and Orchestra)
2023
Print
$1,408.25
Textbook Warehouse
World Languages ES
2024
Print
$348.25
Vista Higher Learning
World Languages MS and HS
2024
Print and Digital
$26,355.00
Vista Higher Learning
World Languages ES
2024
Print and Digital
$2,711.70
Total
$4,305,564.63
*Note: The quotes are based on projected enrollment, not actual enrollment.
Pursuant to Board Policy DJE III.D.3.g. 1-2, the textbook management systems and supplemental resources for schools have been evaluated annually and selected by qualified, professional personnel based on sound pedagogical judgement and in the District’s best interest. These selected resources from the following vendors may exceed $100,000.00 in a singular purchase:
Vendor
Content/
Grade
Format
*Cost Estimate
95 Core
ELA K-5
Digital
$2,327,390.40
Amira Learning
ELA K-3
Digital
$590,545.00
Capstone
All Areas
K-12
Digital
$167,865.60
Cengage - Gale
All Areas
K-12
Digital
$160,900.82
CodeHS
CTAE and STEM
K-12
Digital
$90,130.00
COSM Library
Science All
Digital
$75,000.00
Edmentum
Core Electives and CTAE 6-12
Digital
$306,516.23
eDynamic
CTAE
3-12
Digital
$488,800.00
Find Your Grind
CTAE
6-12
Digital
$95,000.00
Follett
All Areas
K-12
Digital Library Management System
$155,235.60
Hello World
CTAE
3-12
Digital
$255,000.00
Imagine Learning
ELA and Math/
English Language Learners and 3-8
Digital
$520,225.00
Progress Learning
Core Content
8-12
Digital
$72,094.75
REEF
Science All
Program Support
$50,000.00
Transfr
CTAE and STEM
6-12
Digital
$105,600
Total
$5,460,303.40
*Note: The quotes are based on projected enrollment, not actual enrollment.
Financial impact: Charge codes
Cost Estimate
100.1000.564000.00011.7580.9990.8010.035.0000 (Instructional Materials - Digital)
$2,798,441.62
100.1000.564100.00011.7580.9990.8010.035.0000 (Instructional Materials - Print)
$1,507,123.01
100.1000.564000.00911.7410.1310.8010.035.0000 (Educational Media - Digital)
$328,766.42
100.2220.553200.00911.7410.1310.8010.035.0000 (Educational Media - Management System)
$155,235.60
100.1000.553200.00011.7450.3011.8010.035.0000 (CTAE)
100.1000.564000.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000 (CTAE)
$1,034,530
100.1000.553200.00911.7410.1310.8010.035.0000 (FLEX)
$306,516.23
100.1000.530000.00011.7480.9990.8010.035.0000 (Teaching and Learning - 95 Core)
$2,327,390.40
100.1000.553200.09511.7480.9990.8010.035.0000 (Progress Learning)
$72,094.75
100.1000.530000.00011.7480.9990.8010.035.0000 (Teaching and Learning - Amira)
$590,545.00
460.1000.553200.07221.7130.1816.6015.094.2025 (Teaching and Learning - Imagine Learning)
$520,225.00
100.1000.561200.00011.6600.9990.6010.035.0000 (Fernbank Science Center)
$125,000
Cost Estimate
$9,765,868.03
Contact: Dr. Sean R. Tartt, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, Division of Teaching and Learning, 678-676-0731
Dr. Penny Mosley, Assistant Superintendent P-5, Division of Teaching and Learning, 678-676-0137
Dr. Rose Prejean-Harris, Assistant Superintendent 6-8, Division of Teaching and Learning, 678-676-0137
Dr. Laura Neely, Interim Director, K-12 Curriculum and Instruction, 678-676-0137
Mrs. Lummie Baker, Director Educational Media and Instructional Materials, Division of Teaching and Learning, 678-676-2423
Effective: June 16, 2026
Status: Pending Approval by the Office of Legal Affairs
Checkout Type Physical Checkouts (Books) Digital Checkouts (eBooks) In-Library Use (Items used in the Renewals Total from 8/1/2025 to 4/30/2026
media center by staff or students)
Site Name Total Circulations Total Circulations Total Circulations Total Circulations Total Circulations
Hightower Elementary School 25,319 3 746 396 26,464
Austin Elementary School 19,609 8 4,193 1,370 25,180
Dunwoody Elementary School 22,700 0 906 666 24,272
Livsey Elementary School 14,510 4 6,535 851 21,900
Oakcliff Elementary School 17,803 38 2,166 214 20,221
Ashford Park Elementary School 17,132 0 2,078 291 19,501
Vanderlyn Elementary School 14,392 3 4,275 728 19,398
Indian Creek Elementary School 12,014 33 6,472 214 18,733
Woodward Elementary School 17,514 37 724 421 18,696
Druid Hills Middle School 17,276 8 0 482 17,766
Chesnut Elementary Charter School 13,922 4 2,799 800 17,525
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 12,781 536 3,480 573 17,370
Sagamore Hills Elementary School 15,694 35 549 443 16,721
Fernbank Elementary School 14,446 5 1,562 693 16,706
Rockbridge Elementary School 9,251 18 7,143 226 16,638
John Robert Lewis Elementary School 13,595 0 1,745 295 15,635
Rock Chapel Elementary School 8,095 29 6,056 352 14,532
Chamblee Middle School 12,757 0 317 1,300 14,374
Briarlake Elementary School 12,104 22 891 1,022 14,039
Jolly Elementary School 11,494 0 2,178 146 13,818
Eldridge Miller Elementary School 6,847 1 6,491 169 13,508
Stone Mountain High School 748 14 11,518 113 12,393
Evansdale Elementary School 9,923 2 1,851 346 12,122
Stone Mountain Middle School 10,467 9 1,032 189 11,697
Brockett Elementary School 11,022 3 365 101 11,491
Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy 10,260 0 880 120 11,260
Cary Reynolds Elementary School 10,484 0 566 102 11,152
Kittredge Magnet School (4-6) 10,041 3 566 368 10,978
Midvale Elementary School 10,011 0 411 385 10,807
Montclair Elementary School 8,300 0 1,886 139 10,325
Henderson Mill Elementary School 7,369 14 2,403 301 10,087
Smoke Rise Elementary School 7,058 14 2,608 238 9,918
Sequoyah Middle School 8,150 15 1,511 109 9,785
Robert Shaw Elementary School 8,601 1 877 211 9,690
Henderson Middle School 7,887 17 1,021 732 9,657
Narvie Harris Elementary School 7,085 0 2,102 444 9,631
Doraville United Elementary School 8,572 365 231 69 9,237
Tucker Middle School 6,744 13 1,829 243 8,829
Marbut Elementary School 7,871 31 788 107 8,797
Huntley Hills Elementary School 7,795 9 499 359 8,662
Stoneview Elementary School 4,965 1 3,306 181 8,453
Peachtree Charter Middle School 7,078 80 706 429 8,293
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology 4,666 0 3,518 39 8,223
E. L. Bouie Elementary School 7,610 1 349 235 8,195
Hambrick Elementary School 6,108 14 1,235 627 7,984
Princeton Elementary School 7,020 2 484 166 7,672
Snapfinger Elementary School 4,401 0 3,001 90 7,492
Oak Grove Elementary School 5,889 93 1,118 380 7,480
Wynbrooke Elementary School 6,133 22 989 286 7,430
Oak View Elementary School 5,440 2 1,818 94 7,354
Pleasantdale Elementary School 6,984 9 236 69 7,298
Murphey Candler Elementary School 6,772 15 251 40 7,078
Laurel Ridge Elementary School 6,418 500 0 126 7,044
Flat Shoals Elementary School 5,625 16 1,286 83 7,010
Rowland Elementary School 6,124 0 804 63 6,991
Dunaire Elementary School 5,777 639 377 103 6,896
DeKalb Arts Academy (K-8) 5,927 30 523 70 6,550
Kingsley Elementary Charter School 5,275 2 201 217 5,695
Ronald E. McNair Middle School 5,185 5 351 144 5,685
Hawthorne Elementary School 5,188 2 143 7 5,340
Avondale Elementary School 4,107 11 1,102 82 5,302
Chapel Hill Middle School 4,528 5 400 279 5,212
Idlewood Elementary School 3,897 45 871 190 5,003
International Student Center (7-8) 2,724 7 1,499 506 4,736
Stephenson Middle School 3,606 3 974 73 4,656
Freedom Middle School 3,892 80 468 195 4,635
Woodridge Elementary School 3,004 0 1,442 170 4,616
Fairington Elementary School 3,069 15 1,334 24 4,442
Allgood Elementary School 3,931 2 305 84 4,322
Coralwood Diagnostic Center (PK3/PK/K) 3,609 30 592 34 4,265
Rainbow Elementary School 3,980 0 126 101 4,207
Browns Mill Elementary School 2,993 4 1,001 89 4,087
Flat Rock Elementary School 3,043 120 616 81 3,860
McLendon Elementary School 3,104 0 721 27 3,852
Tucker High School 3,208 2 374 180 3,764
Chapel Hill Elementary School 3,041 0 605 18 3,664
Briar Vista Elementary School 2,929 0 697 32 3,658
Miller Grove Middle School 2,135 30 1,289 179 3,633
Peachcrest Elementary School 2,954 0 501 13 3,468
Lithonia Middle School 2,819 4 495 38 3,356
M. L. King, Jr. High School 1,987 52 1,071 214 3,324
Panola Way Elementary School 2,568 473 219 47 3,307
Toney Elementary School 2,251 321 539 17 3,128
Lithonia High School 1,550 3 1,346 52 2,951
Stone Mill Elementary School 2,538 7 292 27 2,864
Chamblee High School 2,365 0 122 376 2,863
Stephenson Elementary School 2,168 27 561 67 2,823
Druid Hills High School 2,076 0 249 205 2,530
Clarkston High School 1,589 12 627 121 2,349
Wadsworth Magnet School (4-8) 1,198 0 1,120 22 2,340
Arabia Mountain High School 1,961 0 133 97 2,191
Miller Grove High School 1,708 0 105 304 2,117
Dresden Elementary School 1,185 3 850 24 2,062
Columbia Elementary School 1,418 19 540 44 2,021
Salem Middle School 1,387 4 477 52 1,920
Bob Mathis Elementary School 1,277 99 483 33 1,892
Canby Lane Elementary School 1,446 8 416 7 1,877
Columbia Middle School 1,533 109 103 132 1,877
Stephenson High School 1,566 0 143 65 1,774
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School 1,320 204 181 48 1,753
Redan Elementary School 1,502 2 210 23 1,737
Redan Middle School 1,209 1 501 14 1,725
Shadow Rock Elementary School 1,473 2 196 20 1,691
Towers High School 1,423 0 187 6 1,616
The Champion School 1,106 4 383 69 1,562
Early Learning Center at Terry Mill (PK3/PK) 953 0 414 172 1,539
Cedar Grove High School 1,254 0 173 92 1,519
Ronald E. McNair High School 1,077 12 235 42 1,366
Stone Mountain Elementary School 1,144 0 190 14 1,348
Lakeside High School 982 1 318 31 1,332
Cedar Grove Middle School 669 21 599 28 1,317
Cross Keys High School 1,017 1 193 49 1,260
Columbia High School 499 3 365 253 1,120
Dunwoody High School 793 1 180 107 1,081
Elizabeth Andrews High School 200 1 729 12 942
Cedar Grove Elementary School 610 0 260 13 883
Redan High School 690 0 0 26 716
Kelley Lake Elementary School 567 2 63 56 688
DeKalb Early College Academy (DECA) 553 0 108 4 665
DeKalb School of the Arts 467 0 8 152 627
Shadow Rock Center (K-5) 315 0 248 5 568
Eagle Woods Academy (6-12) 218 0 270 7 495
Margaret Harris Comprehensive School (P-12) 425 0 24 27 476
DeKalb Professional Library 243 15 10 54 322
Southwest DeKalb High School 175 0 89 9 273
Warren Technical School (10-12) 127 0 118 9 254
DeKalb Alternative School (6-12) 111 5 134 2 252
Fernbank Science Center 0 0 0 0 0
Total 707,694 4,497 146,140 25,422 883,753
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