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St. Tammany board approves high‑school social studies materials, adds companion guide after AP Psychology dispute
Summary
After several students and an AP teacher urged the board to keep a new AP Psychology textbook, the St. Tammany Parish School Board approved recommended high‑school social studies instructional materials with a companion guide amid debate over content and format. The measure passed 12–2.
The St. Tammany Parish School Board on March 20 approved recommended high‑school social studies instructional materials, including a new AP Psychology textbook, and directed staff to provide a companion guide for sensitive topics, the board president said. The motion passed 12 yeas and 2 nays.
Supporters said the textbook is a limited, academically aligned resource that helps students prepare for AP exams and college. Jason Bordelon, an 11‑year veteran teacher who teaches AP Psychology at Mandeville High School, told the board the textbook’s section on transgender and gender identity is brief — “only 5 paragraphs, on 2 separate pages” — and that the course spends “about a total of 2 minutes on this the…
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