Parents in the Oregon 4J school district are calling for a new school board after reports of activities and books detailing sexual acts they deemed inappropriate.
Dr. Michael Bratland discussed reports that a teacher asked students their 'sexual fantasy' for a health class lesson and the subsequent Eugene 4J School Board response.
But parent Justin McCall said his older daughter, who is in the 10th grade at Churchill High School, revealed the assignment had also been conducted in class and that the teacher had asked students to pick the sexual items written on a piece of paper out of a hat that he passed around. The above allegations, as well as a flurry of other complaints from parents, have prompted calls for new leadership on the Eugene School Board, which is holding elections in May. In the event leadership stays the same, a group of parents is in the process of knocking on doors and setting up tables outside the district schools to gather signatures for a recall.
The principal informed her they could not access the syllabus and curriculum, but her child needed to be enrolled in health class to graduate. Given the lack of information, Ball instructed her child to wait in the office daily during health class. Her child received a"no pass" in the class, but because ofOnce her child entered the ninth grade at Churchill, the same school Ball attended, he was assigned a novel called"I'll Give You the Sun.
During a March 16 school board meeting, citing"failures in our practices," Eugene School District Superintendent Andy Dey said they had identified"shortcomings" in their curriculum and recommended that the sexual fantasy's lesson not be administered again.
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