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Board hears SEAB concerns; Student Affairs committee declines to advance fifth-grade sex-ed materials
Summary
A SEAB representative asked the Board to identify specific content concerns for fifth-grade sex-ed materials; the Student Affairs Committee decided not to recommend approval of those materials as presented and declined participation in the MiPHY survey, favoring middle-school start for instruction.
Amy Upham, speaking on behalf of the district’s Sex Education Advisory Board, shared a letter with the Board and invited members to a SEAB meeting on March 5, 2026. Upham asked the Board to provide specific content concerns so the advisory board could consider advancing fifth-grade sex-education materials to the full Board for approval.
During committee reports, Student Affairs Committee chair Tim Burgess summarized the committee’s review of SEAB materials and said the committee would not recommend approval of the fifth-grade materials as presented. The committee also indicated it does not want the district to participate in the MiPHY student survey and expressed a preference to begin sex-education instruction at the middle school level rather than in fifth grade.
The Board did not take a final curricular vote on the materials at the Feb. 9 meeting; instead the minutes record the committee’s recommendation and the SEAB’s request for clearer guidance from the Board about the specific content that raises concerns. Board members were invited to attend the SEAB meeting on March 5 to discuss those issues.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: the SEAB meeting on March 5 and further consideration by the Board when specific content concerns are identified and returned to the full Board for possible action.
