Lapeer Community Schools officials are proposing two updates to the district’s Family Life program and are offering the public a chance to learn about them before they are adopted.
The district has scheduled public hearings to review a new DVD about STDs, an updated resource for the ninth-grade Family Life program. The 20-minute DVD, entitled “STDs: Lifetime Consequences,” will replace the current, outdated video now used in the program. The DVD provides current statistics and methods of contraction while examining why risks are so often ignored.
The district also is proposing a new Personal Safety Awareness program to be offered to second-graders as part of the Family Life program. The program was developed by the Child Advocacy Center of the United States and teaches students how to respond in potentially dangerous situations, particularly those involving strangers. It will be presented by teachers, police liaisons and a Child Advocacy volunteer in four, one-hour sessions in the classroom.
The first public hearing will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 16. A second hearing is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 23. Both will be in Meeting Room B of the Administration and Services Center, 250 Second St., Lapeer.
