The Alpine board is expected to vote on the committee's recommendations by the end of the month. If approved by the board, parents, teachers and principals at each of the district's nearly 50 elementary schools will choose one of the textbooks for their programs.

Some members of the Board of Education complained about giving up on Investigations because of the protests by what member Donna Barnes believes is a small but vocal group of parents.

"It doesn't make sense to me at all," she said.

"Amen," board member JoDee Sundberg said.

Board President Debbie Taylor hopes teachers will continue to be trained to teach students deep thinking skills "or are we (just) back to memorizing (math facts)?"

Kyle Tresner, on the school community council of Cherry Hill Elementary in Orem, doesn't mind the district supplementing with Investigations math but wonders whether parental input is necessary, as the district committee has already mandated a balanced approach.

"They're almost billing it like parents are really involved when the only decision you choose is between different textbooks," Tesner said.

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