School board approves textbooks, videos

The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Trustees approved

textbooks in foreign language, math, social science and science at its

meeting Tuesday night.

The board unanimously approved the textbooks, but Trustee Wendy Leece

took exception to a science book called “Life: The Science of Biology.”

The board also unanimously approved instructional videos for students

in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The videos are used by school nurses

in a one-hour growth and development class.

The board postponed a report by the Citizens’ Budget Advisory

Committee until the next meeting and also set a public hearing on a

special-education compliance investigation for the Jan. 22 meeting.