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Board adopts new K–12 health curriculum; district to post scope and opt‑out information
Summary
Trustees approved Great Body Shop and Second Steps for K–5 and Live Well (Human Kinetics) for grades 6–12 after a curriculum committee review and community input; staff said an opt‑out process and scope‑and‑sequence will be publicly posted.
The Estacada School District board approved new K–12 health instructional materials at its April 9 meeting after a multi‑stage review process.
For elementary students (K–5) the board adopted Great Body Shop for general instruction and Second Steps for targeted bullying‑prevention and abuse‑prevention lessons the counselors will use. For grades 6–12 the district adopted Live Well from Human Kinetics as the primary health curriculum for middle‑ and high‑school instruction.
District staff said the K–5 adoption was constrained by the materials ODE approved this year; staff described an approval process that included teacher pilots, administrator review, counselor input and community comment. Staff told the board they will publish a scope‑and‑sequence and preview videos on the district website and provide an opt‑out form for parents who choose not to have their children participate in particular lessons.
Director Berman, who participated in committee review sessions, said he reviewed the curriculum with staff and called attention to curriculum indexing and the presence of a financial‑literacy strand embedded in the health materials. Staff summarized that most parent commenters who participated in the review process were supportive and that the district had not encountered organized opposition during committee review.
The board approved the motion to adopt the materials by voice vote; the chair announced the motion carried. Staff said cost details appear in the meeting backup materials and that the overall adoption cost was listed in the curriculum backup.
Ending: District staff will post materials and class‑by‑class scope and sequence on the website and make an opt‑out process available for parents who want to exclude a child from particular lessons.
