Passionate debate defined the Aug. 8 Wauwatosa School Board meeting after a presentation on a more comprehensive sex education curriculum that would include information on sexual orientation and gender identity lessons.
The updated human growth and development curriculum is proposed for the 2022-23 school year.
As the line for public comment filed to the back of the room at the meeting, parents ardently argued for and against the new curriculum.
“I stand here to vigorously protest the sexual content of your special program. I would feel ashamed and humiliated if I just stood by and let it happen without my vigorous protest,” said one parent.
Others said the new curriculum was not comprehensive enough, saying, It is “beyond time” to update the curriculum and that even the proposed version “is not inclusive enough.”