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Board tables sex education curriculum, forms ad hoc review committee
Summary
The board formed an ad hoc committee of trustees to research the history of prior sex education procedures and tabled action on the district's sex education curriculum pending further review. The tabling motion passed 6-0.
The St. Charles Community Schools Board discussed the district's sex education curriculum and appointed an ad hoc committee to research previous procedures and the committee that had been in place. Trustees Marcia Kendall, Kevin Ritenberg, and Joseph McNaughton were named to serve on the ad hoc committee.
According to the minutes, a motion to table the sex education curriculum was made by Joseph McNaughton and seconded by James McPhail; the motion was recorded as tabled (6, 0). The minutes do not record curricular content details or a timeline for the ad hoc committee's report back to the Board. The motion leaves curriculum changes on hold while trustees gather historical and procedural information.
