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Health department briefs board on FLASH family‑life and sexual‑health curriculum
Summary
A health department representative presented FLASH (Family Life and Sexual Health) to the board, describing it as an evidence‑based, age‑appropriate curriculum for high school that emphasizes abstinence and includes parent opt‑in/opt‑out letters and family engagement components.
The Columbus County Health Department presented the FLASH (Family Life and Sexual Health) curriculum to the Columbus County Board of Education on June 8, describing it as an evidence‑based program intended for age‑appropriate delivery in schools.
The presenter (addressed in the transcript as Mrs. Wilson) said FLASH covers personal health, healthy relationships, communication, decision‑making, respect, and the role of social media, and that the high‑school binder in the board packet is the version proposed for implementation. She described the program as medically accurate and noted a specific emphasis on abstinence, saying the curriculum contains a dedicated module on that topic.
Wilson said the program includes family engagement materials and an opt‑in/opt‑out notification process for parents: “There is a whole… letter that goes home to each parent at the beginning for the opt‑in opt‑out and then also for each lesson it has like a family portion,” she said. She offered to provide the board copies of the curriculum binder and the opt‑in/opt‑out forms.
Board members asked for copies and confirmed they would review the materials. There was no motion to adopt the curriculum at this meeting; the presenter was invited to provide the sample forms and binder for board review.
The agenda item was informational and the board accepted the presentation and the offer to provide materials for further review.
