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BACON ACADEMY
                                     Colchester Public Schools




25 April 2023


Colchester Board of Education
Colchester, CT

Re: Disposal Request




The Science Department is requesting removal/disposal of the following items. For each
book the ISBN, date of edition and reason for removal. None of the textbooks are eligible
for resale due to date and condition.


   Textbook title            ISBN       Copyright date           Number to be       Reason for
                                                                   removed           removal

 Miller-Living in the   053438961      2002                 9                   Replaced in 2019
 Environment                                                                    with latest edition-
                                                                                aligned with newer
                                                                                AP curriculum
                                                                                updates

 Physical Science       0131663089     2006                 78                  Not used since
                                                                                2017. NGSS
                                                                                curriculum changes
                                                                                to 9th grade science

 Chemistry the Study    013273582      1989                 21                  Two newer editions
 of Matter                                                                      of textbook in
                                                                                stockroom
                                                                                Poor condition
                                                                                Outdated text

 Miller & Levine        013050730      2002                 18                  Newer edition of
 Biology                                                                        textbook in
                                                                                stockroom
                                                                                Poor condition-
                                                                                pages missing,
                                                                                broken bindings
Globe biology          0835957381             1999                   12                     Outdated text with
                                                                                            incorrect information
                                                                                            on classification
                                                                                            Newer version in
                                                                                            stockroom

Saxon Physics          1565770056             1993                   7                      Outdated text, poor
                                                                                            condition

Holt Physics           0030505976             1999                   20                     Older edition, newer
                                                                                            edition in use. Poor
                                                                                            condition

Modern Biology         0030565413             2002                   12                     Older edition,
                                                                                            outdated
                                                                                            information, newer
                                                                                            edition in stockroom,
                                                                                            poor condition

Chemistry in the       9780840355058          1993                   22                     Older edition,
Community                                                                                   outdated
                                                                                            information, new
                                                                                            edition purchased in
                                                                                            2020

Chemistry:             0138281874             1995                   14                     Outdated text, poor
Connections to a                                                                            condition, replaced
changing world                                                                              with newer version
                                                                                            in 2010

Disposal of twelve tables, rectangular with laminate tops. All tables were moved to Bacon Academy in 1993.
Due to a reduction in staff, the tables are from a classroom no longer being used. The tables are delaminating
and in very poor condition.