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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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