A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about homosexual love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue.
The proposed 62-page document covers a broad health and nutrition education program and took two years to draft. But it is the small portion dealing with sexual education that has drawn the ire of many in the community who feel it is being pushed forward despite its obvious controversial nature.
Parents appeared most worried about pieces of the plan that teaches first-graders about same-gender relationships, fifth-graders that sexual intercourse includes variousl parts of the body, and high school students about erotic art. The curriculum would also teach kindergartners anatomical terms.
The board takes the issue up again next month, and the outrage suggests that members could alter the plan to deal with all the complaints. One resident said parents may have to consider impeachment of board members or a lawsuit if it goes forward.
