Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Were girls banned from school for refusing boys' dance requests?

An elementary school in Utah ended up in the national headlines when parents became unsettled with the idea that the school was requiring students to accept dances at the Valentine's Day event. According to the information, the participants would have to fill out a dance card with the name of the student who would be obligated to accept. The school's intent was to teach the students to be inclusive, however, parents expressed that they should be learning the idea of "consent and teaching girls they have the right to say no." The information provided in the article wasn't completely true, a spokesperson for the Weber School District clarified that the Valentine's Day dance was only meant for sixth-graders, not the entire school and that they were repealing that requirement. [1 image, 1 link, 1 quotation, 129 words]

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