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Board approves new IB courses after trustee objects to climate‑change framing
Summary
The Murrieta Valley Unified board voted to approve several new International Baccalaureate courses, including an environmental systems course criticized by a trustee for presenting climate change as undisputed; trustees debated whether to add companion material but noted IB exam requirements constrain course texts.
Murrieta Valley Unified trustees approved new International Baccalaureate (IB) courses for upper grades after a trustee raised objections about how one text treats climate change.
The board considered adoption of IB physics, IB sports and health science, and IB environmental systems and societies for grades 11–12. A trustee objected specifically to the environmental systems and societies text, arguing that it treats climate change as an undisputed fact and that “teaching this to our…
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