New math textbooks

will be on their way to Fayette County schools.

The Board of

Education Monday night adopted the books proposed for Fayette County students

to use for the next seven years.

Selection of

the books is the culmination of two years of work, said mathematics coordinator

Kay Seabolt in presenting the proposal last month.

"They

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

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

Selection of

books is an annual process, with a set of books for a different subject

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 $1.4 million,

which will be included in next year's budget.

The board approved:

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.