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Advisory panel for Frederick County Public Schools urges clearer consent, abuse and tech-safety lessons in health curriculum
Summary
Parents, teachers and staff at a Frederick County Public Schools advisory meeting pushed for clearer, more hands-on instruction on consent, sexual abuse/assault, and technology risks (including AI deepfakes), and the panel voted to approve two sets of minutes.
At a meeting of an advisory panel for Frederick County Public Schools, parents, teachers and staff recommended strengthening middle- and high-school health indicators to give students explicit, practice-oriented instruction on consent, sexual abuse and online safety.
Panel members said many indicators use passive language such as "identify" and asked the curriculum writers to swap in stronger verbs ("apply," "analyze," "demonstrate") and to add concrete activities so students learn how to respond when someone says "no." Raven Jones, a parent from the Walkersville feeder area, said, "I feel like boundaries and consent should have more," and other participants urged lessons that let students practice refusal skills and respectful responses to rejection.
A staff member noted…
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