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A special health unit that addresses topics involving human sexuality is a part of the health curriculum. Family Life
Education is taught by specialists who have been trained to provide factual and age-appropriate information and to build
upon the knowledge that children have already learned at home. Elementary and intermediate students receive
instruction for four to five days and middle and secondary students have cycles ranging from eight to ten days.
These special units affect students in grades five through nine.
The school system also offers a Special Education Family Life curriculum.
Senior AIDS Course
AIDS is with us. It is not going to go away. Latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control show that young
women between 15 and 25 years of age are being infected at four times the rate of men. To stop the spread of this
disease, it is urgent that everyone be educated about AIDS.
The Family Life specialists present HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease information to all twelfth-grade students.
This presentation requires one full period of instruction. Seniors attend this presentation in their government class.
Some parents may feel that topics involving human sexuality are too personal for presentation in a school setting.
Parents have the right to remove a child from portions of the special health units that they find objectionable.
Before any of the family life units are taught a letter is sent home for parents to make a decision about whether
their child will participate in the family life classes. Please direct any questions about the family life classes
to your child’s principal.
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