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Mayor Fenty and Chancellor Michelle Rhee have decided to eliminate youth programs from DC Public Schools and from the community based on agendas that are not in the best interest of youth in Washington, DC. Read the facts below and take action:
Read the new Health Education Standards (PDF file)
The following standards are on pages 9 and 10:
6th grade: (6.1.6)Explain that people, regardless of biological sex, gender, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity and culture, have sexual feeling and the need for love, affection and physical intimacy
8th grade: (8.1.5) Define sexual orientation, using correct terminology, and explain that as people grow and develop, they may begin to feel romantically and or sexually attracted to people of a different gender and/or to people of the same gender
What you can do: Email Michelle Rhee, Mayor Fenty, and all City Council members:
Click here to go to the email tool page
Sign the Letter to the Mayor Contact Mayor Fenty: 202-727-1429 mayor@dc.gov
Read the text of the petition to the mayor, City Council, and Board of Education here .
Contact Mayor Fenty: 202-727-1429 mayor@dc.gov Contact School Chancellor Michelle Rhee: 202-442-5885 michelle.rhee@dc.gov Contact the Board of Education members Contact City council members Make your voice heard now, Let's give Washington DC public school students the choice to have a program that encourages and supports them in their decision to stay abstinent. |
