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TONIGHT THE
OMAHA PUBLIC
SCHOOL BOARD
WILL VOTE ON
WHETHER OR
NOT TO ADOPT A
NEW
CONTROVERSIAL
SEX ED
CURRICULUM.
OVER THE PAST
YEAR, PARENTS
ON BOTH SIDES
HAVE LOUDLY
VOICED THEIR
OPINIONS.
JENNA JAYNES
HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO
THE VOTE
TONIGHT-- AND
JENNA, IF THEY
VOTE YES DOES
THAT MEAN THE
CURRICULUM
WILL GO INTO
THE SCHOOLS?
IT WILL
STARTING IN THE
FALL.
IF IT SHOULD
PASS-- THERE
WILL BE
CURRICULUM
DAYS
SCHEDULED IN
THE FALL FOR
TEACHER AND
NURSE TRAINING.
MOST OF THE
CURRICULUM
FOCUSES HUMAN
GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
AND HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT MOST OF
THE
CONTROVERSY
COMES INTO THE
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EDUCATION
PART-- NAMELY
TEACHING
THINGS LIKE
ABORTION AND
EMERGENCY
CONTRACEP
TION.
THE BOARD IS
TRYING TO
ACCOMMODATE
ALL PARENTS
WISHES BY
GIVING
STUDENTS
OPTIONS:
SHOULD THE
CURRICULUM
PASS TONIGHT:
PARENTS WITH
CHILDREN IN 4TH
THROUGH 6TH
GRADE WOULD
HAVE TO OPT
THEIR CHILDREN
INTO THE
CURRICULUM.
AT GRADES 7TH
8TH AND 10TH,
PARENTS WOULD
HAVE TO OPT
OUT.
THOSE
PERMISSION
SLIPS WOULD BE
SENT HOME A
MONTH BEFORE
LESSONS BEGIN.
BUT SOME THINK
HAVING TO OPT
IN OR OUT
DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE.
32:14 YOU DON'T
HAVE TO OPT OUT
OF DRIVERS ED, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO OPT
OUT OF BAND CLASS
SO WHY DO YOU
HAVE TO OPT OUT
OF SEX ED. IF IT'S
NOT A MANDATORY
CLASS WHY DO YOU
HAVE TO OPT OUT?
THEY'RE SETTING US
UP THEY'RE
BELIEVING THAT THE
PARENTS WILL BE
TOO BUSY OR
DISTRACTED TO OPT
THEM OUT.
THOSE FOR THE
CURRICULUM
HAVE SAID
THEY'RE GLAD
THEIR STUDENTS
WILL BE
LEARNING ALL
THE
INFORMATION
FROM A
TRUSTWORTHY
PLACE, INSTEAD
OF FROM THEIR
FRIENDS.
OPS HAS
RESPONDED IN
THIS FAQ:
IT SAYS: "OPS
BELIEVES
PARENTS
SHOULD BE THE
PRIMARY
EDUCATORS IN
MATTERS OF
HUMAN GROWTH
AND
DEVELOPMENT.
THE SCHOOL
WILL PRESENT
INFORMATION
ABOUT
DIFFERENT
TOPICS AND
ENCOURAGE
STUDENTS TO GO
HOME AND TALK
WITH THEIR
PARENTS ABOUT
FAMILY BELIEFS."
REPORTING LIVE,
JJ, WOWT -6-
NEWS.
DAVE, SERESE
AGAIN, THE
BOARD IS SET TO
VOTE TONIGHT AT
THE 6:30
MEETING AT THE
TAC BUILDING.
THERE WILL BE
PUBLIC
COMMENT.