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Polarizing issues permeated school board campaigns

The state’s health and sex-education curriculum was a hot-button issue

11/10/2022

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Polarizing issues permeated school board campaigns

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The state’s health and sex-education curriculum was a hot-button issue

If you’ve gone to a board of education meeting in the past few years, you’ve likely heard debate on some hot-button issue, like critical race theory, the state’s new LGBTQ and sex-education standards or what books are on library shelves. In some cases these topics have caused deep divides in communities.

11/10/2022

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