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For many Virginia communities, the General Assembly’s new mandate on family life education has put the match to the powder keg, setting off an explosion of opposition to what is seen as trespass by the schools into the preserve of the family: sex education.
Although no formal vote was taken at last Tuesday’s meeting, Rappahannock’s School Board seems to be inclined towards adoption of a local curriculum to be developed under the guidance of a Community Involvement Team. “Our main objective is not only to follow the mandate from the state but to offer a program that will be of benefit to our children and be in conformity with the standards of our community,” said chairman Beverly Massie.
The mandate from the legislators was prompted by alarm at the spread of AIDS and the high pregnancy rate among young Virginia teenagers.
In 1986, a committee of the General Assembly held hearings around the state on solutions to the problem of teenage pregnancy. Then last fall, after additional public hearings, the Assembly directed the State Board of Edu
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