My kids' school wants to improve their science curriculum and they're looking for suggestions.

I'm looking for chemistry textbook recommendations. The current book is a big education book by Pearson. It's kind of icky, though to be fair, I've seen worse (e.g. most big edu math books).

Does anyone have a suggestion for something good? By this, I mean, is there an AoPS or Doliciani/Brown equivalent in chemistry?