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Resident tells board proposed health curriculum fails Oregon standards
Summary
A Josephine County resident told the Grants Pass SD 7 board the proposed health textbook fails multiple Oregon baseline standards (strength-based approach, comprehensive sexual-health education and violence prevention) and warned opt-out lessons would leave some students below state standards.
During the meeting’s public-comment period, Mia Barcher of Josephine County urged the board not to adopt the proposed health textbook, saying it fails multiple Oregon baseline standards.
Barcher said the textbook — identified in her remarks as the proposed resource for middle and high school health instruction — "fails…
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