Editor’s Note: The following story contains strong sexual
themes that may offend some readers.
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A poster asking some Kansas
“How do people express their sexual
feelings,” the poster asks, before listing “touching each other’s genitals,”
“anal sex” and “vaginal intercourse,” among other things.
After seeing the material posted at Hocker
Grove Middle
School in Shawnee ,
Kan.
However, after calling the school,
Ellis learned the poster was teaching material and part of a health and science
curriculum.
“Why would you put it in front of
13-year-old students?” he asked.
“Why would
you put it in front of 13-year-old students?”
“It upsets me,” Ellis continued,
speaking with WDAF-TV. “And again, it goes back to who approved this? You know
this had to pass through enough hands that someone should have said, ‘Wait a
minute, these are 13-year-old kids, we do not need to be this in-depth with
this sexual education type of program.’”
Nevertheless, school officials have
defended the decision to use the material.
“The poster that you reference is
actually part of our middle school health and science materials, and so it is a
part of our district approved curriculum,” district spokeswoman Leigh Anne Neal
told WDAF-TV. “However the item is meant to be part of a lesson, and so
certainly as a standalone poster without the context of a teacher led
discussion, I could see that there might be some cause for concern.”
“The curriculum it is a part of, it
aligns with national standards around those topics, and it’s part of our
curriculum in the school district,” she said.
Ellis, who is threatening to remove
his daughter from the sexual education classes unless the poster is removed,
doesn’t think the school’s arguments hold water.
“This has nothing to do with
abstinence or sexual reproduction, actually, a lot of these things,” he said.
“I would like to see that this particular portion of the curriculum is removed
from the school.”
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