GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Grand Rapids Public Schools recently agreed to continue with a sex-education program that teaches students in fourth grade about gender and educates sixth graders about controversial racial topics and anal sex.

Michigan-based author Wendy Sellers created the sex-ed program, “Puberty: The Wonder Years.” Sellers served as president of the Michigan School Health Coordinators’ Association. In addition, she worked as a writer for the Michigan Model for Health, the state of Michigan’s Pre-K-12 curriculum for sex education.

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At the Aug. 11 school board meeting, Grand Rapids Public Schools stated it wants to adopt the more updated version of its sex ed material, including “Puberty: The Wonder Years.”

Fourth grade curriculum.

The “Puberty: The Wonder Years” website states its lesson plans have students completing these objectives in fourth grade:

  • Define at least three of five terms used to describe gender identity and gender expression during a matching game.
  • Demonstrate the respectful use of at least two gender-related terms while discussing student scenarios that illustrate gender diversity with peers and include respectful body language, words, and tone of voice.

Sixth grade curriculum.

For sixth graders, the program would have students complete these tasks:

  • Define vaginal, oral, and anal sex after hearing a mini-lecture.
  • Define racism and intersectionality and describe their impacts on sexual health after viewing a series of video clips and engaging in class discussion.

The definition of intersectionality states: “… the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.”

The Grand Rapids Public Schools provided a multi-page report that covered the basics of its sex-ed program, including that it covered “Puberty: The Wonder Years” but lacked specifics of what was being taught.