Claim: Chicago Public Schools planned to teach "safe anal sex" and other sexually explicit topics to fourth or fifth graders.
 | TRUE: Parents at Andrew Jackson Language Academy reviewed curriculum binders broaching topics such as anal sex, emergency contraception, and the female condom. |
 | FALSE: Chicago Public Schools intended to teach students about anal sex, female condoms, or the morning after pill and the binders were accurate representations of elementary school sexual education topics. |
Examples: [Collected via e-mail, November 2014]
School District Giving 5th Graders DISGUSTING Presentations on Anal Sex and Morning After Pills!
Origins: On
published an article showing examples of curriculum presented in binders to parents at a school in Chicago on
The site explained the binders were supplied for each grade level and parents were invited to review the topics when they visited to school to pick up students' report cards and attend workshops:
At one point, parents could view materials intended for students. A binder labeled as the curriculum for students in fifth grade touted the benefits of female condoms for extending sex and increasing pleasure and encouraged using lubrication.
During report card pickup Wednesday at Andrew Jackson Language Academy, the school hosted several parent workshops, including an afternoon meeting on Chicago Public Schools' newest sex ed curriculum.
Parents were understandably concerned about the materials, which detailed the use of lubricant for sexual acts and explained
Additional materials hosted at one point to Waters Elementary's website and viewable via Google's cache include the topics of sexual violence, condom usage, anal and oral sex, and a "contraceptive relay" game. However, some of the slides are labeled "Grade 8," which is middle or junior high school level and not elementary school level. The inclusion of identical material and incongruent grade levels may indicate a large number of general topics were uploaded to the site in bulk for staff to download as needed, without any specific intent to distribute those particular materials to students.
Chicago Public Schools spokesman Bill McCaffrey issued a statement indicating the materials were supplied in error and were never part of the elementary curriculum in the district:
The objectionable material presented at Andrew Jackson Language Academy this week is not and never was part of the student sexual education curriculum. It was mistakenly downloaded and included in the parent presentation, and we agree with parents it is not appropriate for elementary school students. As part of our sexual health education policy approved by the Board of Education in 2013, Chicago Public Schools offers a comprehensive sexual education curriculum that is designed to ensure
While it isn't clear how the sexually explicit educational materials came to be included in the binders presented to parents, the topics broached were never a part of the planned curriculum; and more importantly, they were never taught to fourth or fifth grade students at Andrew Jackson Language Academy.
Last updated: 18 November 2014