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BACON ACADEMY Founded in 1803
Colchester Public Schools
From its proud history and rich tradition, Bacon Academy promotes a family-like partnership of
students, staff, parents, and community. The Academy fosters a strong foundation for earning;
rovides comprehensive, rigorous academics; and nurtures personal growth, integrity, and respect for all
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To: Colchester Board of Education
From: Matthew Peel, Principal, Bacon Academy
Re: Disposal of obsolete materials
Date: March 11, 2020
The English Department has worked through their book storage rooms to identify severely
outdated books that are no longer being used and haven’t been used for many years. They
would like to dispose of many of them to make room for their current collection as well as their
future purchases needed for their new curriculum. The items that we would like to dispose of
are:
262 copies of McDougal, Littell Literature textbooks, various levels
36 copies of Reading Literature textbook
157 copies of Literature III, IV, V, VI textbooks
58 copies of Adventures in Reading textbook
17 copies of Scholastic Journalism textbook
19 copies of Understanding Mass Media textbook
19 copies of English at School and On the Job textbook
20 copies of Introduction of Journalism textbook
31 copies of The Riverside Reader textbook
14 copies of News is a Verb textbook
20 copies of Language/Rhetorical HI textbook
23 copies of Werriner’s English Grammar and Composition textbook
60 copies of Rules For Writers textbook
25 copies of Blue Highways textbook
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35 copies of Goodbye, Columbus
5 copies of Writing Themes About Literature
10 copies of Bless the Beasts and Children
25 copies of Return of the Native
35 copies of Black Voices
44 copies of Junior Great Books
70 copies of The Late Great Me
10 copies of The Making of the President 1960
25 copies of The Chosen
20 copies of The Promise
15 copies of Jimmy D, Sidewinder, and Me
20 copies of The Street
22 copies of Jubilee
20 copies of Murder in the Cathedral
14 copies of Globe World Biographies
18 Anthology-Literature textbooks
1 set of miscellaneous books, textbooks
2 large TVs, carts
1 broken projector
1 broken printer
2 broken desks
Thank you for your consideration of this request to dispose of these materials that are very old
and no longer needed.