Nearly 20 Virginia Beach parents have asked a judge to force the school division to redo its selection process for Old Donation School. They claim the decision to fill the gifted school’s limited spots through a lottery violated its own rules and unfairly excluded their children. Old Donation serves gifted students in second through eighth grades. Parents of rising second-graders were notified .
"To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Diary of Anne Frank," "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and more are among dozens of instructional materials used in Hampton Roads classrooms that may contain "sexually explicit content," according to school officials. Under Senate Bill 656, parents have the right to opt their child out of lessons using those materials and request alternative lessons.
"To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Diary of Anne Frank," "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and more are among dozens of instructional materials used in Hampton Roads classrooms that may contain "sexually explicit content," according to school officials. Under Senate Bill 656, parents have the right to opt their child out of lessons using those materials and request alternative lessons.
For months, conservative school board members and their supporters have taken to calling school administrators and teachers “porn peddlers” for their unwillingness to remove certain books from school libraries.