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School officials propose updating Family Life guides; committee recommends limited elementary instruction with opt‑out
Summary
A curriculum committee recommended adding Family Life instruction in grades 4–5 (topics: personal safety, human growth and development) and keeping opt‑out rights; staff will return in September with a formal action item and scheduled teacher training.
The board heard a presentation of revised Family Life guides developed by a committee that met this year. The presenter explained the committee’s recommendation to add family‑life instruction to elementary grades 4 and 5, while preserving parent review and opt‑out rights.
The committee’s stated goals were to provide transparent, age‑appropriate materials and to reduce misinformation by giving students perspectives and factual instruction on personal safety and human growth. The committee noted that surrounding divisions already teach family life at lower…
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