The St. Lucie, Fla., school board voted 4-1 this week to teach a graphic condom-education curriculum to fourth-graders. The explicit curriculum — Get Real about AIDS — includes teaching children how HIV is contracted.
St. Lucie Pastor Bryan Longworth, who helped to gather more than 3,750 signatures in opposition to the curriculum, said he was shocked by the decision.
“I was appalled to learn that 9- and 10-year-olds will be exposed to sexual content,” he said at the board meeting. “The school board will rob children of their childhood.”
