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District staff outline updates to comprehensive sexuality education; high-school curriculum shift planned after partner retirements
Summary
Hillsboro School District staff told the board they will adapt approved, open-source curricula at the high-school level after two community partners that provided middle- and high-school CSE materials said they would stop updating their curricula.
District staff offered the board a biannual update on the district’s comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) program, describing the review process, recent curriculum-provider changes and a plan to adapt approved materials at the high-school level.
What staff told the board: The presenter said the district’s CSE plan, originally approved in 2019, follows Oregon Department of Education standards and a continuous-improvement process that includes teacher and parent review kiosks (37 kiosks were cited), annual surveys of administrators and student exit surveys after units, and quarterly secondary health-teacher meetings.
Provider retirements and curriculum changes: Staff said two community partners who had supplied curriculum components will stop updating their content. CARES Northwest will allow continued local use of its sixth- and eighth-grade materials but will no longer update them; SARP (a local sexual-assault resource organization) will retire the high-school curriculum after this school year and has asked districts to stop using it thereafter. The presenter said those retirements prompted the district to plan a phased adaptation for ninth- and tenth-grade lessons using approved, publicly available curricula already listed in the district’s 2019 plan.
Planned replacements and timeline: For ninth grade the district plans to adapt content from the 3Rs (an open-source resource) with supplemental material from Project Wellness. For tenth grade staff plan to adapt “My Future, My Choice” (currently used in earlier grades) and supplement with other approved materials; staff said they have already completed a standards crosswalk with state partners and expect to complete adaptations by January 2026 so the lessons will be ready for delivery in spring 2026. Staff emphasized the adaptations will use materials already approved under the district’s earlier CSE plan or its comprehensive health curriculum.
Implementation details and family review: Staff reiterated that open-source materials are posted online where possible and that family-review kiosks exist for curriculum that publishers do not allow to be posted. Staff said families receive notification letters before CSE units are taught. The district also noted a recent state adoption of integrated social-emotional-learning standards and updates to Oregon’s health education standards; staff said those changes prompted some publisher updates to approved curricula.
Questions and next steps: Board members asked about effectiveness data; staff said some measures come from state or grant-funded surveys tied to specific curricula and that much local evidence is anecdotal (senior exit surveys, teacher feedback). Staff committed to continue development over the summer and to return with completed tenth-grade adaptations and supporting materials for public review before spring 2026 implementation.
Attribution: All direct quotes and program specifics come from the district CSE presentation and associated Q&A recorded in the board meeting transcript.
