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Sex Ed: Cook County Forest Park School District 91 opts out of controversial new sex education curriculum

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Forest Park School District 91 in Cook County won’t be teaching the state’s new controversial sex education curriculum, despite protests the lessons are “obscene and fail to align with community standards.”

The Forest Park School District 91, which teaches 660 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were 99 school districts which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.

The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.

Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.

School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.

Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.

Cook County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
ACE Amandla Charter School171No Response
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 1261,531Opting Out
Arbor Park School District 1451,171Opting Out
Argo Community High School District 2171,869No Response
Arlington Heights School District 255,262Opting Out
Atwood Heights School District 125583Opting Out
Avoca School District 37696Waiting
Bellwood School District 882,167No Response
Berkeley School District 872,379No Response
Berwyn North School District 982,685No Response
Berwyn South School District 1003,268Waiting
Betty Shabazz International Charter School564No Response
Bloom Township High School District 2062,832No Response
Bremen Community High School District 2285,018Opting Out
Bronzeville Academy Charter School326No Response
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 951,350Opting Out
Brookwood School District 1671,108No Response
Burbank School District 1113,275No Response
Burnham School District 154-5166Waiting
Calumet City School District 1551,004Opting Out
Calumet Public School District 132925No Response
Central Stickney School District 110340No Response
Chicago Heights School District 1702,644No Response
Chicago Public School District 299338,956No Response
Chicago Ridge School District 127-51,402Opting Out
Cicero School District 999,934No Response
Community Consolidated School District 1462,306No Response
Community Consolidated School District 1681,289Opting Out
Community Consolidated School District 596,081Opting Out
Community High School District 2185,257No Response
Consolidated High School District 2307,416Waiting
Cook County School District 1303,188No Response
Country Club Hills School District 1601,229No Response
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 624,263Opting Out
Dolton School District 1481,935No Response
Dolton School District 1492,332No Response
East Maine School District 633,459No Response
East Prairie School District 73504No Response
Elementary School District 1591,750No Response
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 4012,730No Response
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 657,181Adopting
Evanston Township High School District 2023,652No Response
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231851No Response
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 1241,861Opting Out
Fairview School District 72722No Response
Flossmoor School District 1612,245Waiting
Ford Heights School District 169433No Response
Forest Park School District 91660Opting Out
Forest Ridge School District 1421,536Opting Out
Franklin Park School District 841,280Waiting
General George Patton School District 133217No Response
Glencoe School District 351,199Opting Out
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 344,313Opting Out
Golf Elementary School District 67717No Response
Harvey School District 1521,666No Response
Hazel Crest School District 152-5868No Response
Hillside School District 93433No Response
Homewood School District 1531,872No Response
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 2332,782No Response
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157806No Response
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont571No Response
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park856Opting Out
Indian Springs School District 1092,449No Response
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School360No Response
J. Sterling Morton High School District 2017,661Opting Out
Kenilworth School District 38463No Response
Kirby School District 1403,471Opting Out
Komarek School District 94482Opting Out
La Grange School District 1022,989Opting Out
La Grange School District 105 South1,258Opting Out
LaGrange Highlands School District 106913Opting Out
Lansing School District 1582,526Opting Out
Lemont Township High School District 2101,390Opting Out
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A2,351Opting Out
Leyden Community High School District 2123,421Adopting
Lincoln Elementary School District 156781No Response
Lincolnwood School District 741,226Opting Out
Lindop School District 92382No Response
Lyons School District 1032,238No Response
Lyons Township High School District 2043,975Adopting
Maine Township High School District 2076,182No Response
Mannheim School District 832,497No Response
Matteson Elementary School District 1622,367No Response
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 894,420No Response
Midlothian School District 1431,566No Response
Morton Grove School District 70839No Response
Mount Prospect School District 572,270No Response
New Trier Township High School District 2033,971No Response
Niles Elementary School District 71606No Response
Niles Township Community High School District 2194,593No Response
Norridge School District 801,039Waiting
North Palos School District 1173,428Opting Out
Northbrook Elementary School District 271,293No Response
Northbrook School District 281,809No Response
Northbrook/Glenview School District 301,211Opting Out
Northfield Township High School District 2255,096Opting Out
Oak Lawn Community High School District 2291,815Opting Out
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 1233,266Opting Out
Oak Park Elementary School District 975,599No Response
Oak Park and River Forest District 2003,364No Response
Orland School District 1354,988Opting Out
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 1511,477Opting Out
Palos Community Consolidated School District 1181,941Opting Out
Palos Heights School District 128669Opting Out
Park Forest School District 1631,483No Response
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 644,604No Response
Pennoyer School District 79429Opting Out
Pleasantdale School District 107830Opting Out
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-51,216No Response
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 1442,599Opting Out
Prospect Heights School District 231,472Opting Out
Proviso Township High School District 2094,214No Response
Reavis Township High School District 2201,956No Response
Rhodes School District 84-5548Opting Out
Rich Township High School District 2272,516No Response
Ridgeland School District 1222,313Opting Out
Ridgewood Community High School District 234811Opting Out
River Forest School District 901,400No Response
River Grove School District 85-5700Opting Out
River Trails School District 261,535Adopting
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 2081,624No Response
Riverside School District 961,652Adopting
Rosemont Elementary School District 78210No Response
Sandridge School District 172333No Response
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 5415,179Opting Out
Schiller Park School District 811,370No Response
Skokie School District 681,689Waiting
Skokie School District 691,737No Response
Skokie School District 73-51,051No Response
South Holland School District 150832No Response
South Holland School District 1511,559No Response
Southland College Prep Charter High School573No Response
Steger School District 1941,393No Response
Summit School District 1041,578No Response
Sunnybrook School District 171928No Response
Sunset Ridge School District 29466Opting Out
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 2153,164No Response
Thornton School District 154230No Response
Thornton Township High School District 2054,543No Response
Township High School District 21111,830No Response
Township High School District 21411,895Waiting
Union Ridge School District 86640Opting Out
Urban Prep West Charter School82No Response
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147807No Response
West Northfield School District 31883Opting Out
Westchester School District 92-51,051No Response
Western Springs School District 1011,494No Response
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 216,002No Response
Willow Springs School District 108369No Response
Wilmette School District 393,380No Response
Winnetka School District 361,627No Response
Worth School District 1271,053Waiting

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