The Freedom School Board of Education, at its meeting Monday evening, learned that the school's project of completely updating the English, math, science and history curricula, including textbooks, is nearly complete. The board, with all members present, voted to approve purchasing new science curricula using 515 grant funds of $48,540.09.

This would update the science textbooks for elementary through eighth grade classes. Science is the last of the four subject areas the school has used grant money to purchase up-to-date teaching materials. Already, the school has updated its math, English an...