WORCESTER After hours of debate and years of trying to get to this point the School Committee on Thursday voted to implement a district-wide comprehensive sex education curriculum.
In a 5-2 vote, the full committee approved a prior 2-1 vote by its Standing Committee on Teaching, Learning and Student Supports to go with a model called Rights, Respect, Responsibility.
RRR was one of two curricula put forward by a panel of health educators earlier this year.
Mayor Joseph Petty, the chairman, and members Molly McCullough, Laura Clancey, Tracy O’Connell Novick, and Jack Foley voted for the motion; Dianna Biancheria and John Monfredo were opposed.