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How the DCPS Health Education Program was Developed
Acknowledgements
On December 6, 1994, the School Board voted to identify a 39-member Task Force, which was charged with reviewing the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education curricula and making recommendations concerning revisions/additions. The group was enlarged to 42 by subsequent action of the Board at its January 3, 1995 meeting.
The Task Force began its work on January 11, 1995, and completed its work on April 19, 1995. The Task Force Report was presented to the Board during a workshop on July 31, 1995. The Board, at its August 1, 1995 meeting, endorsed it.
Following this endorsement, four committees were established that included parents, educators, and medical professionals to develop the curricula based on the Task Force recommendations. The following four committees were established: a Steering Committee, K-5 Curricula Committee, 6-8 Curricula Committee, and 9-12 Curricula Committee.
These committees met on a weekly basis from September 1995 through February 1996. The committees reviewed a plethora of materials and made recommendations as to what should be included. The curricula were developed based on these recommendations.
Duval County Public Schools remain very grateful to all those involved in this comprehensive process. Each of the people involved devoted a great deal of time and energy to producing quality health education curricula for the students in the public schools. A special thanks to all of them for their commitment, which led the members of the Duval County School Board to approve with a 7-0 vote the implementation of the revised K-12 Comprehensive Health Education curricula.
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