After months of deliberation and countless community meetings, the Washoe County School District decided Tuesday they would start from scratch when it comes to the Sex Education program known as S.H.A.R.E.Â
This decision came following personnel changes in the program. There are now three new members and the committee collectively decided it would be best to go back to the drawing board when it comes to S.H.A.R.E. revisions.Â
One of the most important reasons for doing so is because the committee realized there aren't any district-wide sexual health standards to go by.
Starting this Fall, the committee's first plan of action will be to establish a set of those sex health standards going forward. These can then be used as guidelines for new or revised curriculum to be written.Â
In the meantime, the existing sex-ed program will stay. Fox says they will be working on officially notifying parents about this decision within the coming weeks.Â
When new revisions to the SHARE program are ready for proposal, the district encourages community feedback.
To take a look at the current curriculum, you can visit their website here.
