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Board reviews proposed senior dystopian novels for pilot and clarifies ethnic-studies curriculum implementation

2532521 · March 10, 2025
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A staff member presented three dystopian novels for a 12th-grade language-arts unit and made copies available for staff and board review; later in the meeting board members clarified that ethnic-studies standards adopted by the state are being integrated into required social-studies classes rather than solely delivered as a separate elective.

At the March 10 meeting, a staff member presented three novels for consideration as part of a 12th-grade unit on dystopian societies and told the board copies would be available for review for two weeks. The titles presented were Parable of the Sower (described in the presentation as a novel centered on Earthseed and a protagonist navigating societal collapse), Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The presenter noted the…

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