In most schools these days, sex-ed classes are offered to students to provide them information about current updates about sexually transmitted diseases and the effects of unsafe sexual activities.
However, not everybody agrees that it is necessary to teach these to children. In a recently concluded school board meeting, the majority of those who attended didn't really see eye to eye with the school district's sex education curriculum, which led the board to ponder to update the said curriculum that was used for the last three decades.
In the meeting, people with opposing ideas started yelling at one another, and claimed that there were a lot of misinformation. There was even a parent insisting that the children are made to listen in on a course material "straight from the pits of hell."
In October 2015, what was meant to be a normal board meeting ended in chaos after supporters and opponents of the update started shouting and shoving each other. This month's meeting, however, is a little bit different from the last one.
Board members sat in silence as they listen in on the feelings of both parties who vented out their feelings during the three hours of public comment- reflecting divisions that harassed school boards nationwide, as well as state legislature and even Congress.
Kathryn Russell, a grandmother who used to work for the Omaha school district stated that the proposed curriculum "rapes children of their innocence." Another critic, Jesse Martinez, used the "pits of hell" reference, and called the elements of the course material "garbage."
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Those who support the update ranged from the president of the city council to students who spoke with the school board to equip them with useful and dependable information that would help the Omaha region decrease the rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases which is unfortunately above the national average.
"I have a right to this information," said Ryleigh Welsh, a sophomore at Omaha's Central High School. "Sexual health is more than just sex. It's about understanding and taking care of your body and being prepared for a healthy future."
