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Parents raise concerns about co‑ed health lessons; board says opt‑out available and will improve notifications
Summary
Parents and board members asked why some K–5 growth and development lessons were delivered co‑educationally and why anatomical diagrams were accessible; administrators said lessons followed Oregon standards, opt‑out was offered, and they will enhance pre‑lesson parent notice and materials availability.
Board members and parents used a sizable portion of the work session to press administrators on elements of the new elementary health curriculum after some families reported that fifth‑grade lessons included anatomical diagrams and were taught in co‑ed settings.
"We did not have at the fifth grade magazine the colored versions of the male female reproductive anatomy, but she did use those pictures in the slide deck," the curriculum lead said, describing…
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