Parents In Utah Request To Have Children Skip Black History Month Curriculum
A charter school in Utah has become the focus of controversy after parents questioned the necessity of their children studying its Black History Month curriculum and administrators allowed them to opt-out. The parents have since dropped that request, but a debate has emerged over whether parents should have that option.The Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner reported that a school administrator posted to the school’s Facebook page that there were families that requested not to participate in Black History Month-related lessons. Micah Hirokawa, director of the Maria Montessori School in Ogden, responded to an email from the newspaper but did not reveal how many families made the request or their reasons for it.In the post, Hirokawa said: “Reluctantly, I sent out a letter to ou...
