talking about chatting with people online and the third grade, talking to them about positive body images. those sound reasonable. right now there s no comprehensive sex education in any of the schools in your district, so why not work with this plan? well, while there might be good parts in the plan there are lots of various parts, and like dr. messenger said, they are offering an opt-out, however, it doesn t seem like a very practical parent when it s k-12 and multiple classes, and they discuss universal values versus the different values amongst families, churches and communities and that comes up in multiple sections of this document, in the human sexuality portion, influence of family and peers. jenna: what do you think should happen with this curriculum in the best case scenario. i don t think they ve done a good job
a decision on this construct lum. back to you. len len alicia, thank you very much. for more on this controversial proposal, let s get both sides, bruce messenger of the public schools district andter teresa frye, a concerned sit citizen and helena youth advocate as well. want to start with the last point alicia made f. i m a parent in this school district and this curriculum is happening, what options do i have? well, once the curriculum is adopted and the implementation plan is developed, we ll kphupb indicate to parents what exactly when it will be taught, when it will occur and like all curriculum, will have the option of opting out of the instruction or not participating in the activities. in some cases they can parts knit in alternative activities or in some cases parents can can sk that the children not be in school at the time and that s a standing procedure. jenna: you have a son, did you talk about the birds and
involving parents or the community in the discussion, we re taxpayers, parents, and as dr. messenger said in the newspaper, this touches on controversial and sensitive issues for the community. in that in light of that, we really need to have community involvement in developing this curriculum that s so controversial. jenna: bruce, what do you think about that, maybe it s taking a look at the more controversial points, going back to the drawing board and reintroducing the comprehensive plan? well, in this curriculum area, like we have other areas, we do look to national guidelines and advice from folks that have expertise in the field to both help develop the proposal and then in this case, we did have some community input into the development of the curriculum, and now, of course, the jenna: i m sorry, i only have 30 seconds. teresa, real quick here, you are an expecting parent, sound like you re going to talk to your students, your children, as well, about some of these issue
parents that don t address this with their kids it doesn t give the school the right to take the innocence away from my child by introducing graphic information in school. jenna: teresa frye, appreciate it, bruce messenger, thank you for joining us on this debate today and we ll continue to watch it. jon. jon: we re working on getting new information from that pittsburgh plant explosion, the u.s. steel corporation was clairton kochworks, they believe it may be a gas explosion. there are dozens of injuries lifeflight is on the scene. we ll get more information as soon as it becomes available.