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District to deliver coeducational fourth‑grade puberty lesson; families given opt‑out option
Summary
Wallingford‑Swarthmore officials said fourth graders will receive a 20–30 minute coeducational puberty lesson in class, taught by health/PE and nursing staff, with a 13‑minute educational video and family resources; fifth‑grade families received the video and resources but no classroom lesson this year.
The Wallingford‑Swarthmore School District will present a coeducational puberty lesson to all fourth‑grade classes, district staff told the Education Affairs Committee, providing families a link to the video and an opt‑out process.
District staff described a 20–30 minute lesson taught in the classroom by the school nurse and health/PE teacher with materials adapted from an educational puberty video. The recorded lesson is approximately 13 minutes long and will be paired with teacher‑facilitated discussion; staff said principals and teaching teams prepared practice sessions, question‑box procedures and contingency plans for student opt‑outs.
Why it matters: staff said coeducational instruction reduces stigma, promotes safety and ensures students hear factual…
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