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Curriculum Analysis
What is wrong with the new curriculum and why should I be concerned?
Letter from Clinical Psychologist about 2007 Curriculum
Citizens Advisory Committee Minority Report, December 12, 2006
CRC, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) and Maria Pena-Faustino, CAC Community Representative find new proposed curriculum repeats many of the mistakes that were made in the previous discarded curriculum. This is the report on the problems with the 2007 curriculum given to the Board of Education and the Superintendent of the schools, Jerry Weast.
Petition from 270 Area doctors warning about health risks.
CRC's representative on the committee, infectious disease specialist Dr. Ruth Jacobs, submitted a petition signed by 270 doctors asking Montgomery County to warn children of the health risks associated with anal sex. That petition was ignored.
Press release from CRC on problems with the new curriculum (January 9th, 2007)
Curriculum Documents
The previous 8th grade MCPS Health Curriculum
The previous 9-12th grade MCPS Health Curriculum
The draft of Sex Ed Health Curriculum, in it’s entirety, approved by the MCPS Board of Education on January 9th, 2007. (Note: The actual curriculum for 8th grade begins on page 7 of this pdf file, and for 10th on page 40. This is a 9MB download, and may take a moment to open.)
• The new 10th Grade Curriculum, Lesson 1: “While cross-dressers change their clothes, trans-sexuals sometimes change their body....”
• The new 10th Grade Curriculum, Lesson 2: The Coming Out Stories
• The new 8th Grade Curriculum, Lesson 1: “Gender identity – your identification of yourself as a man or woman based on the gender you feel to be inside”
• The new 8th Grade Curriculum, Lesson 2: “Trusted adult – an individual 18 years or older the student believes is responsible and has knowledge on the topic”
• Condom video: “Remember to use a condom for oral, anal, or vaginal sex”
The revoked Health Curriculum of 2004 approved by the MCPS Board of Education on November 9th 2004.
Legal Documents
July 3, 2007 - State BOE Opinion rejecting CRC/PFOX/FLN's appeal
Stay Request filed with MD State BOE subsequent to Montgomery County BOE approval of contested curriculum.
CRC files appeal with Maryland State Board of Education: stay request; stay request memo; and Press Release. June 20, 2007
"State Grants Trial on County Sex-Ed Curriculum, Refuses Stay on Pilot Program" Ruling, Press Release
Appeal Filed with MD State Board of Education to stay 2007 curriculum
CRC files appeal with Maryland State Board of (text of appeal) and Press Release, February 7, 2007
CRC wins 2005 Federal Court Case and Halts MPCS Illegal Sex-Ed Curriculum
Judge Williams rules in favor of Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum and orders injunction halting the pilot testing of the past flawed 2004 curriculum (May 2005)
READ U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Alexander Williams Jr.'s HISTORIC DECISION
ALSO - HIGHLIGHTS from the COURT'S DECISION
EASY Download of all Legal Documents from the "most significant curriculum decision ever rendered.""
Other Resources
Archdiocese of Washington informs Parishioners about this important issue and solicits their involvement. Letter is about the 2004 curriculum.
Red Flags to Watch For: Tactics Being Used to Promote Homosexuality at School ...and Silence Objections
Talking Points for Overcoming Prejudice in Favor of Homosexuality
CRC STATEMENTS
CRC statements to the MCPS BOE 2004
December 14, 2004
[Turner introduces CRC to BOE, request more moderate curriculum revisions]
CRC statements to the MCPS BOE 2005
January 11, 2005
[CRC denounces threats made to BOE; criticizes the new sex-ed]
February 8, 2005
[Fisher asks Weast to establish public forums to educate parents ouside of fiedl test schools]
[Castellano tells BOE to define Sexual variations, not defend them; points out emphasis on homosexuals not heterosexuals/marriage]
October 14, 2005
[CRC objects to new BOE revised policy on CAC candidates: policy violates Settlement Agreement]
[Turner objects to new BOE policy on CAC qualifications as contrary to Settlement Agreement]
December 6, 2005
[Dr Jacobs, infectious disease MD, urges BOE to give students missing STD risk info.]
December 14, 2005
[CRC info on BOE appts.]
CRC statements to the MCPS BOE 2006
February 27, 2006
[MCPS should require Parental notification/permissoin for student participation in clubs]
February 27, 2006
[Diversity]
8th Grade Curriculum Needs More Work, CRC’s President talk before BOE, October 23, 2006
Condom Lesson needs condom warnings, CRC’s Rep talk before BOE-Condon Lesson, October 23, 2006
Petition from 192 Montgomery County Doctors presented by Dr. Jacobs to BOE, October 23, 2006
Where is the alternative?, Steina Walter’s talk before BOE, October 23, 2006
Five curriculum related talks before the BOE, Nov. 14, 2006
• Over 200 Doctors Sign Petition - CRC representative, Dr. Ruth Jacobs
• 10th grade lessons are not viewpoint neutral - Henrietta Brown, CRC
• Exclusion of Ex-transgender and Ex-gays shows no respect or tolerance for sexual differences - Grace Harley, PFOX
• CAC committee is Biased - Maria Pena-Faustino, CAC Representative from Community
• 10 Grade Holt Resource is flawed - Steina Walter, CRC
Three more curriculum talks before the BOE, December 12, 2006
"Last time my office didn't thoroughly do its due diligence in its review, nor did our attorneys do it, and we're not going to go there again," [Weast, Gazette, 6/14/06]
Medical Deficiencies - CRC Representative, Dr. Ruth Jacobs
Serious Legal Defects - CRC Henrietta Brown
Bias - Michelle Hoffman, PFOX
Minority Report Given to Weast, December 12, 2006
CRC, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) and Maria Pena-Faustino, CAC Community Representative find new proposed curriculum repeats many of the mistakes that were made in the previous discarded curriculum.
CRC statements to the MCPS BOE 2007
Déjà vu - CRC President, Michelle Turner
Talks before BOE, January 9, 2007
Political Football - CRC Representative, Dr. Ruth Jacobs
No Respect for Differences in the Curriculum - Peter Sprigg, PFOX
CRC statements to the MD State BOE
December 6, 2005
[State Education site has references to Inaccurate Gay Bullying Resources]
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