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| Parents and families gather in front of Kingston City Hall on Saturday afternoon to protest the new sexual education curriculum. |
The curriculum was announced by Premier Kathleen Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals in February. It is the first update to sex-ed courses since 1998 and is scheduled to roll out in publicly-funded schools across Ontario fall 2015.
"Schools and parents both play an essential and complementary role in supporting student learning, including learning about human development and sexual health," Sandals said in a release. "We are listening to parents. That is why we are working with education partners to develop a number of resources for parents and educators about the curriculum and about issues impacting today's children and youth."
Kingston parents at the rally both agreed and disagreed with Sandals -- parents play a key role in a child's sexual education, but they don't feel listened to. (more...)
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