Math textbooks

proposed for Fayette County students to use for the next seven years are

now on display at the LaFayette Educational Center, in room 207.

Mathematics

coordinator Kay Seabolt and exceptional services consultant Chris Horton

presented the books being proposed by a staff committee during Monday

night's Board of Education meeting.

The proposals

are the culmination of two years of work, said Seabolt.

"They

are student-, parent- and teacher-friendly," Seabolt said, adding,

"homework supports what's taught in the classroom."

School Superintendent

Dr. John DeCotis said selection of books is an annual process, with a

set of books approved each year, and reevaluation of each set required

every seven years.

Cost of buying

the books and training teachers in their use is usually about $1 million,

he said.

The committee

is recommending:

For grades

k-5, the McGraw Hill Mathematics series.

For middle

school, the Glencoe Applications and Connections series.

For high school,

the Glencoe series.

For exceptional

children, the Saxon Math program and supplemental materials for elementary

and middle schools, and Glencoe books for high school.

The books will

be on display for a month, with plans for board adoption at its Feb. 19

meeting, 7 p.m. at the Board of Education office on Stonewall Avenue in

Fayetteville.