Sex Education Advisory Board Documents

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – January 16, 2025 6:30pm

Call to Order 

The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:39 PM

Membership Roll Call

a. Members present: Melissa Fore, Lola Fore, Glenn Mitcham, Bridget-Burns King, Anne Scott, Heather Marlow, Andrea Kelly, Kelly Maier, Megan Maas,b. Guests: Brandy Boak

Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

No changes.

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Megan Maas and seconded by Andrea Kelly. Motion passed unanimously.

Approval/Additions to the Agenda

Change September to November for meeting minutes in the agenda.A motion to approve the agenda with the proposed changes was made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Andrea Kelly. Motion passed unanimously.

Public Comment:

a. Feedback on 6th grade sex education curriculum preview.

i. There following was unexpected to a parent: Sexual acts, pornography, and masturbation hadn’t been learned by the student yet.

ii. Curriculum overview might not be as transparent as it should be (or at least go into more detail).

iii. Parent nights contain this detail; however, they are often skipped by parents. Could be hosted at a more accessible time.

iv. The curriculum preview is provided by the publisher. We could give feedback to the publisher, or supplement the preview to expand on what we were covering without breaching copyright.

1. “Here are some topics you might want to talk to your student about”

2. “How the grades are different with sex education”

Presentations/Committee Reports

a. Sex Ed Director Reporti. Connected with the special education teachers. Discussed gaps, when things were taught and certifications.ii. Student sex ed opt-out form feedback reason aggregate:

1. Student is not ready.

2. Parents rather teach this and asked if we can we send the parents’ home with curriculum materials.

3. Thanked us for the option to provide feedback.

4. Did not want their child to learn sexual orientation and gender identity

b. 7-12th Grade Curriculum Review Committee Update

i. RRR (Rights, Respect and Responsibility)

1. Cost: Open source (free)

2. Conclusion: We should pilot this curriculum at the end of the year (pending board approval. If it is poorly received, we will proceed with PPP pilot that has a cost.

ii. PPP (Positive Prevention Plus)

1. Cost: Expensive. Steep teacher training cost. Pilot coast is same as buying it outright.

2. Conclusion: This curriculum wasn’t any better than RRR to the subcommittee.

iii. Pilots have to be approved by the board.

c. Committee/Goal Updates

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – November 21, 2024 6:30pm

Call to Order. 

The meeting was called to order by Danny Hearit at 6:34 PM

Membership Roll Call.

a. Members present: Melissa Fore, Lola Fore, Lola Henderson, Glenn Mitcham, Chad O’Neil, Jonathan Gold, Bridget-Burns King, Anne Scott, Heather Marlow, Karessa Wheeler, Andrea Kelly, Kelly Maier.b. Guests: None

Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes with changes to “correct the attendee list and, names corrected” were made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda with changes “removing health director reports” was made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Melissa Fore. Motion passed unanimously.

Public Comment:

a. None.

Guest Speaker:

a. None

Presentations/Committee Reports 

a. Sex Ed Director Report

i. 4th grade is active with instruction currently. High School at the end of December.

ii. Good progress with the opt out form. Seems to be moving ahead successfully.

1. 16 parents of 4th graders, 11 opt outs.

2. Good discussion with parents. All parents have the option to opt out. Getting a lot of comments. Nothing nasty. All constructive insights, and appreciate the chance to say ‘why.’ Many thought their child was too young and/or they preferred to teach them at home.

3. Danny - do they know that we don’t teach sex in fourth grade?

4. Anne - Teacher is emailing those in the health/gym in the high school

5. Glenn - 280 4th graders in the district.

b. 7-12th Grade Curriculum Review Committee Update

i. Subcommittee - update by Anne. Our committee met on Oct. 30, reviewed 3 options, moved forward with 2, next progress connect with publisher to give a presentation, all are welcome. Only Positive Prevention Plus responded. Rights, Respect and Responsibility was done by Advocates for Youth. Called multiple people left multiple messages, they don’t have emails.

ii. Christina Holmes from Eaton RESA did the presentations. It is a free program; they don’t have people to do presentations. Christina could do an overview but we won’t have direct access to the authors. They do formal teacher training. The customer service portion is not there yet. With Puberty the Wonder Years, the author herself would answer right away.

iii. If we can’t get teachers in training, we are going to have problems.

iv. Comes with an open-source curriculum.

v. In-person evaluations of these curriculum:

1. Dec. 11 3:30 – 7:00

2. ELSP HUB

3. RRR at 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m then dinner.

4. Zooming in with PPP afterwards.

vi. The committee needs to be there and anyone on the board can come. Currently attending: Melissa, Anne, Glenn, Klaudia, Mr. Smith and Dr. Armstrong.

c. Committee/Goal Updates

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – October 16, 2024 6:30pm

Call to Order at 6:30 pm by Melissa Fore 

Membership Roll Call. 

a. Attendees: Melissa Fore, Karessa Wheeler, Chad O’Neil, Kelly Maier, Andrea Kelly, Heather Marlow, Jonathan Gold, Bridget Burns-King, Anne Scott, Glenn Mitcham. 

b. Not in attendance: Corrissa Pittman, Lola Henderson, Megan Maas, Danny Hearit 

Approval/Modifications to September 2024 Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes with changes to “correct the attendee list and property attribute the public comment summary to the full board’s group discussion distinct from the initial public comment” were made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Jonathan Gold. Motion passed unanimously. 

Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda with changes “with the elimination of the 2-Year district report from the New Business Agenda” were made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Jonathan Gold. Motion passed unanimously. 

Public Comment: 

a. None 

Guest Speaker: 

a. N/A 

Presentations/Committee Reports 

a. Sex Ed Director Report - Anne Scott 

i. Electronic Sex Ed Opt Out form is live, and being piloted with 4th grade. 

ii. 2-Year District Sex Ed report is being prepared for the November meeting. 

b. 7th -12th Grade Curriculum Review Committee Update 

i. Anne Scott reported that the Curriculum Review Committee had met and initiated a review of three curriculums: Health Smart, Positive Prevention Plus and Health Smart. The Committee will reconvene on October 30th to select curriculum to progress in the review process. 

Unfinished Business 

a. Review and Finalize 2024-2025 Goals and Subcommittees

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – September 19, 2024 6:30pm

Call to Order.

The meeting was called to order by Danny Hearit at 6:36 PM 

Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Megan Maas, Melissa Fore, Anne Scott, Karessa Wheeler, Myah Valla, Danny Hearit, Heather Marlow, Diane Tuinstra, Bridget Burns-King, Jonathan Gold. No guests. 

• Welcome New SEAB Members and New Co-Chair 

Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes 

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes without any changes was made by Karessa Wheeler and seconded by Heather Marlow. Motion passed unanimously. 

Approval/Additions to the Agenda 

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Bridget Burns-King and seconded by Melissa Fore. Motion passed unanimously. 

Public Comment: 

a. Mellisa Fore: 

i. The health/sex ed class in East Lansing High School is too easy to opt out of. They must have written notice, often opted out for other academic classes (AP classes). 

ii. Could talk to the counselors about the importance of this class or other ways. Often not taken when students do a personalized curriculum. 

iii. Need more baseline data on who is opting out and why. This year there are digital opt-out forms, and the new form includes a comment box for parents/caregivers to provide reasons why they are opting-out. Glenn Mitcham could help with this. 

iv. Excel class at the high school could be an opportunity to have guest speakers from sex ed spaces. 

Guest Speaker: 

None. 

Presentations/Committee Reports 

a. Sex Ed Director Report: 

i. New SEAB Member Resource Folder Review 

1. Overview of SEAB Mission and Purpose a. No new members present, skipped. 

2. Overview of Sex Education and HIV Law for MI a. Updated from last year. 

ii. Middle School/High School Curriculum Review Plan 

1. The SEAB identified Rights, Respect, and Responsibility (3Rs) as a potential curriculum to replace 7th -12th Grade Sex Education materials. 

2. In accordance with district curriculum review procedure, two additional curricula were identified that also meet Michigan “A-K” Sex Education requirements, inclusive and comprehensive material criteria, as indicated by the Eaton RESA sex education curricula review guide. 

a. 3Rs i. free ii. not evidence based (evidence informed) 

b. Health Smart i. most costly ii. evidence based 

c. Positive Prevention Plus i. already used for special education sex-ed curriculum ii. evidence based iii. affordable 

3. Volunteers from the SEAN is needed to join the curricula review subcommittee: Melissa Fore 

Unfinished Business 

a. Recap of 2023-2024 SEAB Accomplishments 

i. This information was obtained from previous meeting minutes. 

9) New Business 

a. Reset of 2024-2025 SEAB Goals 

i. MiPHY Data Analysis - To make adjustments and recommendations to the curriculum. 

ii. Parent Survey – Improve/expansion of the current survey that hasn’t been sent out in a few years 

iii. Student Youth Advisory Council - 

iv. Guest Speakers - Guest speaker or addition to the curriculum 

1. High school porn education guest speaker or addition to the curriculum – Megan Maas 

2. Lansing Women’s Center 

v. Community education and other community education events. 

1. PopPorn – Megan Maas 

2. Pronouns – Danny Hearit 

vi. Improving the opt-out of sex-ed data – Add more info to the opt-out form/add the one we created last year. 

vii. Sexual Violence prevention 

1. Consult Lansing Women’s Center (toxic masculinity) 

2. Joint meeting with health wellness coordinator 

3. K-3 content – Book approval 

b. Reset SEAB Subcommittees for 2024-2025 year 

i. New/continued 2024-25cSubcommittees 

1. Sexual Violence Prevention: Melissa Fore, Chad O’Neil, BBK 

2. Student Surveys and Outreach Kelly Maier 

3. Guest Speakers: Anne Scott, Danny Hearit, Kelly Maier, Karessa Wheeler 

4. Parent Resources: Anne Scott, Jonathan Gold, Megan Maas, Danny Hearit c. c. Elect New SEAB Secretary

i. Karessa Wheeler volunteered! Thank you! 

Announcements 

a. Next meeting, Thursday, October 17th, 2024

Adjournment 

Motion to adjourn was made by Melissa Fore and seconded by Chad O’Neil. Meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – February 15, 2024 6:30pm

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:35 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

• Members present: Glenn Mitcham, Megan Maas, Melissa Fore, Anne Scott, Karessa Wheeler, Myah Valla, Kelly Maier, Danny Hearit, Heather Marlow, Diane Tuinstra, Bridget Burns-King, Chad O’Neil. No guests.

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

• A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes without any changes was made by Megan Maas and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

• A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Heather Marlow. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

• None.

6. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report – Anne Scott
  • Grade Level Sex Education Delivery and Parent Notification Procedures
    
    The Director and teachers are setting dates for 6th and 7th grade parent nights in March. 5th Grade parent night was held February 1 and had one parent attendee.
• Teacher and Educator Support

• 4th Grade Video replacement - Recommended Always Changing and Growing Up - Co-ed Puberty Education. 4th Grade Chair (Danielle Smalley) provided feedback and supports the recommendation to approve for 4th grade.

• Attending training through Easton RESA:
  • April 18th - Attending HIV Education training to be up to speed on the most current standards for HIV education and prevention. (Working to get teachers that have not refreshed HIV training in more than 5 years to update to ensure they are up-to-date on latest information).
  • Feb 21 - Silent Crisis 101: Creating Safe & Supportive Schools for LGBTQ+ students
  • March 7th PTWY Legacy Curriculum Training
• Attending training through Easton RESA:
  • Dr. Megan Maas is confirmed for March 5th, 6-7pm at Macdonald Middle School for a parent presentation called “How to Talk to Kids About Pornography.” The presentation will cover the increase in pornography experiences for middle and high schoolers and its effects on attitudes and behaviors as well as the brain and body experience. The presentation will give parents and care givers tools to start and continue conversations about pornography with teens and younger kids. Attendees will also have access to a parenting course, courtesy of Dr. Maas and her team.
• Guest Speakers and potential collaborators:

• MOASH - Provides support for organizations establishing (March)
• Educators from Elementary, MMS and ELHS (April)
• School RN/Wellness Coordinator (May)

• Curriculum Enhancements

• Received an overview of Rights, Respect and Responsibility (https://www.3rs.org/) through Eaton RESA in January. 3Rs is a comprehensive sex education curriculum that fully meets the National Sexuality Education Standards and seeks to address both the functional knowledge related to sexuality and the specific skills necessary to adopt healthy behaviors. 3Rs has Michigan Specific lesson versions, which meet Michigan State law and requirements for sex education. It may provide more robust coverage of other topics this SEAB is interested to have in ELPS Sex Ed curriculum. It could be a potential alternative for our 7th -12th grade Sex Education and HIV education materials. I would like to invite a presentation on the curriculum for the SEAB to consider as an update to the 7-12th curriculum.

7. Unfinished Business

• Fourth Grade Video Approval
  
  4th Grade Video replacement. A motion to approve the recommendation to replace the current 4th grade video with Always Changing and Growing Up - Co-ed Puberty Education was made by Chad O’Neil and seconded by Danny Hearit. Motion passed unanimously.
  
  
• Parent Information Event: Dr. Megan Maas How to Talk to Kids About Pornography (March 5th, 6-7pm MMS)
  
  Similar to PopPorn presentation given to the board a few years back. Paired back for parents, less academic. She will discuss addiction, brain development and problematic use of pornography as a resource for parents. We need to clarify on the flyer/post that this is for parents, no students. Attendees will have access to this online training course. Launches in May, 4-hour course. She would like it to be free for EL parents, but unsure about feasibility.  We will provide a signup sheet to help follow-up with parents (names and emails). Question cards could be passed out for Q&A. 1.5 hours for this event.
  
  
• Subcommittee Reports
  • Sexual Violence Prevention/Green Dot: Melissa Fore, Chad O’Neil
    • Green Dot has a significant road to adopt this for ELHS. Green Dot can do a Zoom meeting to introduce the program to a larger group of stakeholders. We would need to use the Hub rather than the board room. Looking to partner with other community bodies through the district to help build a coalition of support and get feedback on this program as well as participation.
    • EPHI oversees the sexual prevention monies, there should be a resource that could help us out for another bystander intervention program other than Green Dot.

• Student Surveys and Outreach: Myah Valla, Kelly Maier
  • They have created a Google Form, “Rate your experience with sex-ed.” Feedback on the form: Should add some demographic information to the form. Keep things neutral, not indemnifying for the school or teachers. The SEAB discussed wording of questions; final form will be sent to the advisory board for feedback.

• Video Updates/Replacements: Anne Scott, Danny Hearit, Bridget Burns-King 
  • Approved video earlier in the meeting.
• Guest Speakers: Anne Scott, Danny Hearit, Kelly Maier, Karessa Wheeler
  • Eve’s Healthy Relationship workshop and Bystander Intervention workshop are possibilities. A person from Eve could possibly make the April 18th meeting. Eve is already an approved speaker.
  • Considering the idea of developing an approved speaker/organization list for the board and as a public resource.
• Parent Resources: Anne Scott, Jonathan Gold, Megan Maas
  • Discussed platforms to get parents more resources. Local events, email blasts, etc.

8. New Business

• Board Member Removal - Trisha Kosloski for non-attendance.
  • A motion to approve the removal of Trisha Kosloski was made by Karessa Wheeler and seconded by Megan Maas. Motion passed unanimously.

9. Announcements

• Next meeting March 21, 2024

10. Adjournment

• Motion to adjourn was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Diane Tuinstra. Meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM.

NOTE: The date for “How to Talk to Kids About Pornography” date was changed subsequent to the meeting due to a conflict on March 5. The new date will be March 13, 2024, 6:00-7:30PM at MacDonald Middle School

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – January 18, 2024 6:30pm

1. Call to Order. 

The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:36 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Chad O’Neil, Glenn Mitcham, Megan Maas, Melissa Fore, Anne Scott, Karessa Wheeler, Myah Valla, Kelly Maier, Danny Hearit, Heather Marlow, Bridget Burns-King, Jonathan Gold. Guest: Nancy Diawara.

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

Spelling changes for names in 9.b.1.1.

A motion to approve the agenda with the proposed changes was made by Karessa Wheeler and seconded by Danny Hearit. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda as submitted was made by Chad O’Neil and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

1. None

6. Nancy Diawara, Ingham Community Health Centers: New School-Based Health Center at ELHS

Nancy Diawara provided information on the new school-based health center at ELHS. THere are also new health centers in Sexton and Eastern High Schools. The Willow Health Center has moved to a new Pennsylvania Ave location.

East Lansing High School will have a full health center opening soon where the technology and health department used to be; construction will begin shortly. A provider, behavioral health consultant (counseling), and nurses will all be available, offering a variety of services, behavioral health, brief interventions, referrals. The center is available thanks to grants from the State of Michigan.

The health center will have anonymous usage data to present to the board and other interested parties. No birth control or condoms can be handed out on school property (by state law), but clients can be referred to the Willow Health Center. Abortions cannot be referred (by state law). Youth health advisement will be discussed at a later date with Willow.

We appreciate the tech department for giving up their space for this new health center in East Lansing High School. A no-increase bond proposal states how the reorganization of the high school will happen to accommodate the new health center.

7. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • Grade Level Sex Education Delivery and Parent Notification Procedures: 5th Grade Parent Night is scheduled for Feb 1, 2024, at Green Elementary. 6th and 7th Grade Parent Night will happen Spring semester.
  • Teacher and Educator Support: Working to update HIV education for teachers training for teachers. Online training for Puberty: the Wonder Years (PTWY) has opened for new teachers. Attending some upcoming training with Easton RESA, including new Michigan Middle/High School Curriculum (Advocates for Youth’s Rights, Respect, Responsibility), HIV Education Training, PTWY training, and LGBTQIA training for creating safe and supportive schools.
• Parent Resources: Followed up on exploring available parent resources. ELPS has a published list of parent resources, and contacted the East Lansing Public Library about stock of some of the referenced books. Identified additional extensive resources through PTWY for Parents, which we should promote at our parent nights for 4-6th Grade. Includes books, blogs, videos, and other short resources. There is also an online parents course, which also includes short guided question/answer for parent-child discussions https://pubertycurriculum.com/parent-resources/
• Parent Info Night on Technology and Sexuality: Megan Maas is willing to do a parent night education session on technology and pornography. She would like to do a pre/post survey as part of the event. Board discussed using this event to recruit new parents to the SEAB and get some bench applications.
• Planning Guest Speakers and potential collaborators: Michigan Organization for Adolescent Sexual Health (March), SALUS Center (TBD), Ingham County Health Dept/School Based Health Center (January), School Wellness Coordinator/School RN (February), and invite educators from Elementary, Middle and High School to share their experience and feedback (April?).

8. Unfinished Business

• Need New Board Members

Two board member spots are available. Applications will be made available via an email blast. Need to update where to send the applications on the application itself. Applicants should receive an email letting them know the application has been received. Would be nice to have a bench of applicants. Anne will update everyone where the current board members term status.

• Subcommittee Updates
  • Sexual violence (Green Dot and violent masculinity): Green Dot is a bystander intervention and social attitude training course through evidence-based prevention. https://alteristic.org/services/green-dot/ They are meeting with someone from Green Dot and discussed collaboration with Mason and Haslet schools., and gathered academic resources. They discussed similar programs and compared (3 R’s, among others).
  • Student surveys and outreach: Researched using google doc survey within the school google ecosystem; newspaper was also considered.
  • Speakers
    • MOASH (Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health) coming to the SEAB meeting in March.
    • POE (Prevention Outreach Education), Speakers and workshops. This would be less expensive and more accessible than Green Dot at standard speakers rather than training, but perhaps less impactful. It is similar to Boys to Men coaching plus bystander prevention.
    • MSU Gender Sexuality Campus Center and Lansing Association For Human Rights were also mentioned.
    • Discussed adolescent pornography presentation for parents by Megan Maas. March 4- 8th, 11th are good dates for this current school year.
• Videos for 4th grade and High school: Current video is a Disney DVD on its last legs. Other options are: 1) Always Changing – Puberty co-ed video was the favorite, however they don’t (and no other videos did either) cover gender identity or intersex. 2) Amaze.org videos also were good, just short. Could be good supplementary material.
  
  None of these videos address gender identity, intersex or otherwise. We could add some content to be provided by the teachers before/after playing these videos such as, "While this video will mention boys and girls, what they really mean to say is male body and female body rather than gender. We understand that just because you have a male, female or intersex body, it does not mean that is the same as how you experience gender. The video also does not talk about intersex where the body images shown may not match everyone's experiences and that is okay and should be covered later on in the curriculum.”

9. New Business

• Identify Subcommittees and Members
  • High school videos: Members: Anne Scott, Danny Hearit, Heather Marlow
  • Parent resources: Member(s): Megan Maas, Jonathan Gold. Parent porn education night in March. Finding parent resources that can be shared via ELPS social media. Partner with the speakers to get a parent session going as well. Smart talk parent series could be considered. Example topics: Drugs, depression, sex texting and driving. Evaluating current parent resources

10. Next meeting

• February 15, 2024

11. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Meeting adjourned at 8:01 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – November 16, 2023

1. Call to Order. 

The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:38 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Melissa Fore, Chad O’Neil, Diane Tuinstra, Myah Valla, Heather Marlow, Kelly Maier, Anne Scott, Bridget Burns-King, Danny Hearit. Guest: None

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

• A motion to approve the meetings with the proposed changes to fix a typo in Kelly’s name was made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Chad O’Neil. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

• Add Green Dot to the new business section.
• A motion to approve the agenda with the proposed changes was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Chad O’Neil. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Overview of State Law – Updates to the Law

• The bottom paragraph of section “Prohibited Content or Actions” and the entire section “Complaint Process” have been are removed.

6. Public Comment:

7. Presentations/CommitteeReports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • 4th Grade preview night had an engaging and good turnout
    • When Puberty: The Wonder Years was approved last year by the board, new gender lessons were included and parents had many questions about this.
    • Parents also asked for resources on pornography and other resources to use at home to help with their kid’s sexual education.
    • The ELPS web page for sex education resources is the gold standard for a lot of school districts, and we continue to direct parents there.
    • EL Public Library could also be a good resource for parents.
    • E-Blasts that are geared towards the different grade levels or schools could help parents with where different resources are.
  • Working towards bringing sex education teachers up to speed and have the required training and understanding of the processes and laws for this year.
  • 6th grade parent meeting coming up in two weeks, and High school is already underway.

8. Unfinished Business

• Vote: Approval of 2023-2024 Goals

SEAB Goals (Proposed)—2023/2024:

• Curriculum
  • Evaluate HS curriculum options including 3 R’s (State of MI).
  • Find, evaluate, and recommend a puberty video for use in 4th grade to replace the currently used videos.
  • Find, evaluate, and recommend a video on healthy sexual decisions for use in the HS (Lesson 2) to replace video that was removed at 5/23 meeting.
  • Evaluate Green Dot: Culture of Respect curriculum and evaluate other programs and education around violent masculinity, gender norms/roles and consideration of future programming.
  • Evaluate a possible High School student sexual health needs assessment.
  • Evaluate introducing earlier health education classes in K-3.
• Parent Resources
  • Resources for parents and technology/pornography education (offer a speaker series for families- centered around Safe Technology Use, including “Teen sexual development and tech”)
• Speaker
  • Find a speaker on gender norms/LGBTQIA+ education for high school
  • Inviting school-based wellness speaker/director and school-based health center personnel.

  • Motion for approval of 2023-2024 Goals above was made by Chad O’Neil and seconded by Bridget Burns-King. Motion passed unanimously.

• Need a New Board Member
  • A new board member has not yet been identified.We may email out for interest again.
  • We are looking for diversity of thought and open to underrepresented-group board members.

9. New Business

• Approval of “What is HIV” from Amaze for use in 7th grade HIV/STI education (currently approved for 8th grade)
  • Watched and discussed video, all participants approved.
  • Approval of “What is HIV” from Amaze for use in 7th grade HIV/STI education was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Danny Hearit.
• Identify Subcommittees and Members
  • Sexual violence (Green Dot and violent masculinity).
    • Melisa Fore and Chad Oniel

• Student surveys and outreach.
  • Myah Valla and Kelly Maier
• Videos for 4th grade and High school.
  • Bridget Burns-King, Anne Scott, and Danny Hearit

• Speakers.
  • Anne Scott, Danny Hearit, Kelly Maier

• Parent Resources.
  • Megan Maas?
• Green Dot
  • Discussed different methods on how this training could be taught. Virtual, on-site, off-site.
  • Expensive, might be able to partner with the health department in doing something similar or help fund this training.

10. Adjournment

• Motion to adjourn was made by Heather Marlow and seconded by Chad O’Neil. Meeting adjourned at 8:01 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – October 19, 2023

1. Melissa Fore called the meeting to order at 6:40 P.M.
   
   
2. Membership roll call was done via Introductions around the table. Members present: Anne Scott, Chad O’Neil, Bridget Burns-King, Jonathan Gold, Myah Valla, Kelly Meier, Glenn Mitcham, Melissa Fore, Diane Tuinstra.
   
   
3. Approval of the May 2023 meeting’s minutes: Jonathan Gold motioned to approve the minutes with minor corrects; Bridget Burns-King seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
   
   
4. Approval of the agenda: Diane Tuinstra moved to approve the agenda with a change to remove the approval of the Amaze sex ed video as we are unsure which video we were supposed to review; Jonathan Gold seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
   
   
5. Overview of state law and ELPS Policy for Sexual Health Education and the role of the SEAB: Anne Scott reviewed the state law and ELPS policies regarding sex and HIV education.
   
   
6. Public comment: there was no public comment.
   
   
7. Sex Ed Director Report. Anne Scott has been the new Sex Ed Director for two days as of this meeting. Se will be attending the Eaton RESA Sex Ed Boot Camp on November 7. With the move of Anne to the Director position, the Board of Education will need to appoint another voting member to the SEAB. There are new sex ed teachers this year at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Elementary teachers had originally thought about doing sex ed in the fall but time considerations led them to return it to the spring semester. She will get the parents’ nights scheduled. The last time the SEAB’s web page was updated was the fall of 2022, so that is also on her list of things to address.
   
   
8. There was no unfinished business.
   
   
9. New Business

a. We will need to find a new board member. This can be done by E-blast or we could ask people to apply if anyone knows someone who would be interested.

c. The board discussed the 2023-2024 Goals. The proposed list of goals is:

• Find, evaluate, and recommend a puberty video for use in 4th grade to replace the currently used videos
• Find, evaluate, and recommend a video on healthy sexual decisions for use in the HS (Lesson 2) to replace video that was removed at 5/23 meeting
• Evaluate videos used in 7th & 8th grade HIV/STI lessons
• Evaluate programs and education around violent masculinity, gender norms/roles and consideration of future programming
• Evaluate Green Dot: Culture of Respect curriculum 
• Evaluate HS curriculum options including 3 R’s (State of MI)
• Evaluate current content on sexual representation in media and determine need for added content in relation to pornography
• Offer a speaker series for families- centered around Safe Technology Use, including “Teen sexual development and tech”
• Evaluate a possible High School student sexual health needs assessment.
• Evaluate introducing earlier health education classes in K-3

10. Announcements: Next Meeting November 17, 2023

11. Adjournment: Chad O’Neil motioned to adjourn; Diane Tuinstra seconded. 

• Motion passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 7:47.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes (REVISED) – May 18, 2023

1. Call to Order. 

The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:33 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Melissa Fore, Diane Tuinstra, Sara Smith, Bridget Burns- King, Karessa Wheeler, Danny Hearit, Heather Marlow, Trisha Kosloski, Glenn Mitcham, Aiyana Rosinski, Jonathan Gold.

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes without any changes was made by Karessa Wheeler and seconded by Diane Tuinstra. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

None.

6. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • Needs for SEAB next year. One clergy member and two student member positions are open for next year.
  • Social media lesson for 5th grade was moved to 6th grade by the publisher for this year, and it was requested by a few 5th grade teachers.
    • We will look into getting this approved as an add-on module.
• Glenn Mitchem – Student Opt Outs for High School Health Class
  • PC – Personal Curriculum is a state mandated requirement that the school offers to students if they want to add another class and opt out of other classes. Each is approved by the state, and is often how some students get out of health.
    • 1250 students and 1084 are taking health. 186 are not taking it. 40 PC out of it this currently this year, but that number is expected to rise.
  • Terri Cregg is retiring, a new health/PE teacher will be hired for next year.
  • What would it take to get a new curriculum adopted/added - 3 Rs (Rights, Respect and Responsibility) - Honest sex education for 4th-12th grade levels.

7. Unfinished Business

• “Am I Read? Making Healthy Decisions” video – vote to remove from high school curriculum
  • Discussed whether it was better to keep this or not have anything for this video at all.
  • There was a strong sense from the board that an abstinence only video does not add value or anything new that hasn’t already been discussed.

A motion to approve the removal of the “Am I Read? Making Healthy Decisions” video from high school curriculum was made Bridget Burns-King and seconded Danny Hearit. Motion passed unanimously with Heather Marlow abstaining.

9. New Business

• Set goals for 2023/2024 school year
  • Green Dot evaluation
  • Update the high school curriculum (3 R’s)
  • Pornography education/speaker series
  • Evaluate introducing sex education courses in K-3 and which topics could be taught.
  • High school needs assessment
  • Invite other grades curriculum teachers to speak at our board meetings.
• Discuss when sex ed is taught – early years, middle school, high school
  • Early years
    • “OWL - Our Whole Lives” has a K-adult curriculum.
  • 9th grade health
    • Most schools take this at 9th or 10th grade, and East Lansing is the same (vast majority 9th grade).
    • Was discussed that 9th grade is too early for many, before most have had sex which can be good, but often thought a 11th grade refresher is needed.
  • Sex ed 11th grade refresher
    • Covering 11th grade sex ed through excel classes is a non-starter.
    • If it was taught among the core classes during a sex ed week or otherwise could work out.
    • Teachers in core classes would need to be health certified.
    • Could be taught by willow health center employees.
• Do we want a subcommittee to review pornography resources over summer?
  • Discussed ways this could look. Have a series of speakers about various sex education topics (examples: sexting/sextortion, sexual violence, consent laws) and end with a pornography speaker.
  • No subcommittee needed this summer.

10. Announcements

• Next meeting September 21, 2023

11. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Heather Marlow. Meeting adjourned at 7:31 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – April 20, 2023

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:32 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Melissa Fore, Sara Smith, Anne Scott, Bridget Burns-King, Liz Miller, Karessa Wheeler, Megan Maas, Danny Hearit, Aiyana Rosinski, Evan Newcombe

Guest: Terri Cregg

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the agenda with the previous meeting minutes without changes was made by Liz Miller and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda with the proposed changes (remove Glenn Mitchem’s report and add Terri Cregg’s Q/A session) was made by Karessa Wheeler and seconded by Anne Scott. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

• Teri Craig – Sex ed teacher Q/A
  • Start with letter home to parents.
  • Few (1-2) students opt out of sex education but take health for religious reasons. 33-34 students per class in attendance.
  • However, the number of students that opt out of health is suspected to be a lot more.
  • The two teachers do collaborate some together.
• Lessons
  • Focus on LGBTQ+ youth, understand vocabulary (definition cards), different scenarios in inclusion – not who you are but what you do
    • Friendship first – safe learning environment before romantic encounters.
    • Partner is used instead of boyfriend/girlfriend – more inclusive.
    • You’re not ready if video (2012)
    • I wish video - Three young ladies who are pregnant and how they lead different lives with different situations. Good points in this video (2015)
    • Sex, self-respect and social media video.
    • Human reproduction
    • Intimacy – You can have intimacy without sex or romance. Intellect, companionship
    • Willow comes in about STIs.
    • Affirmative consent plan – Very good, how to tell if you have consent. Many different scenarios. Gender neutral.
    • Consent laws – Not often known by the students.
    • How to prevent pregnancy
    • Scenarios about tough situations and have breakout sessions to discuss strategies.
    • Testing (who why and how) – Pregnancy and STD testing
• Takeaways
  • Not much on pornography – will talk about it if someone asks. Suggested to be talked about in middle school.
  • PrEP and PEP are not talked about unless asked. However, they do learn some from the commercials.
  • Takes a long time to get approval to make changes or get permission for something new (has to go through SEAB and Board of Education).
    • If items are approved “in addition to” what we have currently approved allows for flexibility to add it where it makes sense in the current curriculum.
  • No health virtual option.
  • May investigate on how opting out is allowed without religious reasons.
  • Look into making future recommendations to:
    • Add earlier sex education curriculums (1st-3rd grade)
    • Add sex ed to SEL (second step) that occurs in elementary school.
    • Add some sex education to high school excel/homeroom.
    • Secondary data analysis could have health/sex education survey happen if it is not part of the sex education curriculum – Such as doing something in excel/homeroom.
  • Questions for Glenn:
    • Can we approve sources rather than specific items for sex education?
    • In earlier years, do these teachers need to be trained to tech sex education earlier?
    • What is our must dos in our recommendations to the board?

1. State of MI did release their new curriculum, 3 Rs (Rights, Respect and Responsibility) - Honest sex education for 4th-12th grade levels.
   1. Looks really impressive at first glance.
2. ELPS is working with Ingham County Health Department and is trying to bring a health center to the high school. There will be having a town hall about this.

6. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • State of MI did release their new curriculum, 3 Rs (Rights, Respect and Responsibility) - Honest sex education for 4th-12th grade levels.
    • Looks really impressive at first glance.
  • ELPS is working with Ingham County Health Department and is trying to bring a health center to the high school. There will be having a town hall about this.

7. Unfinished Business

• High School Videos (current videos)
  • “Human Reproduction and Childbirth” (2009)
    • Feelings: Not bad. Was racially diverse though.
  • “HIV 101” (2021)
    • Feelings: Great! inclusive not opinionated.
  • “Biggest Myths about STIs” (2013)
    • Feelings: Not bad.
  • It’s Your Choice: Birth Control for Teens” (2007)
    1. Feelings: Not bad.
  • Tea consent
    • Feelings: Not bad, but consent is more nuanced and this video only focuses on force and unconscious behavior. No focus on pressure, coercion, bystander intervention.
    • Suggested better program: Green dot – best evidence based program, but expensive.
  • “Am I ready – Making healthy sexual decisions” (2012)
    • Feelings: Not great, extreme and optioned. Abstinence only approach. Was racially diverse though.

8. New Business

• SEAB Membership for Next Year.
  • Discussed who was leaving the board and who can offer recommendations.

9. Announcements

• Next meeting May 18, 2023

9. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Evan Newcombe. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – March 16, 2023

1. Call to Order. 

The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:33 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Aiyana Rosinski, Liz Miller, Megan Mass, Karessa Wheeler, Trisha Koslsoki, Sara Smith, Heather Marlow, Anne Scott, Jonathan Gold, Glenn Mitcham, Diane Tuinstra, Melissa Fore, Bridget Burns-King.

3. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes without any changes was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Liz Miller and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

• Students from MSU joined us for our discussion today in the name of civic engagement.

6. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • Puberty sex ed lessons for 4th and 5th grade will begin early this year. Those teachers met and are in favor of doing these classes earlier in the year (as in the fall next year). They will start earlier this Spring. Parent meeting is happening the week after spring break.
  • Sexual harassment issues this year - Wellness director is willing to tackle this issue. However this will have to wait for next year due to mat leave.
  • Health sex ed for high school starting next week.
  • Spoke with Grand Rapids school district sex ed director. Collaborating to see how we can help each other.

7. Unfinished Business

• MiPHY Data (Ingham County)
  • Trend analysis for middle school (7th grade) analysis was done and presented on. Notable findings:
    • The percentage of sexually active 7th graders is small but not insignificant.
    • Many sexually active 7th graders used drugs or alcohol before having sex and their partners were 3 or more years older than them.
    • The percentage of sexually active students using condoms has declined.
    • The percentage of students identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual has increased.
  • Trend analysis for high school (9th and 11th) grade analysis was done and presented on. Notable findings:
    • Fewer high schoolers are having sex, and most that do are waiting until after their freshman year. The freshman that are sexually active have a higher percentage of partners three years older or more.
    • The percentage of forced sex in those that are active has increased.
    • The percentage of using alcohol and drugs before sex has increased, but the number of individuals doing so decreased. This along with the next point shows that a good number of students having sex are also those displaying other high-risk behaviors.
    • The percentage of sexually active students using condoms has declined markedly since 2020, though birth control is slightly up and pregnancies are decreasing.
    • The percentage of students identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual has increased.
  • Discussed current ELHS sex ed class, ability to opt out, and participation rates.
    • Discussed finding ways to increase participation.
    • The idea of peer mentoring ELHS students with college or med students.
    • Invite our current health teachers and school principal to give us more accurate information about current sex ed classes.
    • Life science (biology) or other core classes could incorporate some of the sex ed curriculum.
    • While not our purview, what else could be taught in health class – sex ed, mental health, etc. Rebranding health class to be more enticing, increasing engagement. A day off for sex ed, fair/booths, etc. Bringing in certified health professionals as resources and guest speakers.
• 4^th Grade Videos
  • Last meeting we did not have a recommendation for new 4th grade sex ed videos.
  • Discussed looking for better sources, funding new videos, or using private videos (amaze.org)
    • Using amaze.org could be viable if we combine multiple videos as they are only a few minutes long each, but great quality.
    • Discussed planned parenthood sex ed curriculum for more ideas.
    • Action item for this board is to find better video resources for 4th grade.
  • Our recommendation for the board is to make no changes at the moment and we are still working on finding better video resources.

6. New Business

• Review of Goals/Additional Meeting Needed
  • We have made progress on all of our goals, and have completed 2 out of the 7 goals.
    •  Gender roles/norms and sex ed
    •  High School curriculum
    • ✅ Review current birth control information
    •  Who are we not reaching and how do we reach them?
    •  Pornography education
    •  Curriculum fidelity
    • ✅ Synopsis of the videos for Wonder Years curriculum we approved last year for the teachers to use.
  • High School Videos (if time)
    • Will send out an email on video watching action items for board members.

9. Announcements

• Next meeting April 20, 2023
• Additional meeting is scheduled for May 18, 2023.

10. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – January 19, 2023

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:32 PM

2. Membership Roll Call. 

Members present: Melissa Fore, Diane Tuinstra, Sara Smith, Glenn Mitcham, Danny Hearit, Anne Scott, Heather Marlow, Trisha Kosloski, Karessa Wheeler, Aiyana Rosinski, Bridget Burns-King, Megan Maas, Johnathan Gold Guest: Jeff Davis

3. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Jonathan Gold and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Modifications to the Previous Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the previous meeting minutes without any changes was made by Trisha Kosloski and seconded by Karessa Wheeler. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment: 

None.

6. Willow Health Center - Ingham County Health Department Guest Jeff Davis

• Previewed presentation that enhances the Michigan Model. He provides a two-day presentation, with the first day focused on STIs and the second day on contraception/birth control. Topics covered in the presentation are Willow Health Center’s services, Michigan stats and facts, LGBTQ+ facts, STIs and prevention, PrEP, HIV myths/facts, fertility awareness. SEAB asked if he could emphasize the effective methods and provide just one slide on less effective methods of STI prevention and birth control.

7. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • First round of puberty the wonder years curriculum is complete in the middle school!
  • Going to add a couple of days because there is more content.
  • High school has vending services for period products in the women’s and gender- neutral bathrooms.
  • Middle school alliance club is looking into also providing period products.

8. Unfinished Business

• MiPHY Data
  • Saving for next meeting to give more time to review data.
• 4th Grade Video 
  • Current video is made by Disney, one for boys and one for girls and is in poor condition. Outdated and not well received by students.
  • First video series (4th grade – “Always Changing”)
    • Bad. Lots of advertising. Not inclusive.
    • Combined Video available
  • Second video series (4-6th grade – “Around the Corner”)
    • Outdated, less inclusive, older.
    • Combined video available
  • Third video series (“Meet the New You”)
    • Variety of models, basic anatomy, focused on exercise and cleanliness. Pad only instructions, slow at times. Not inclusive.
    • No combined video
  • Fourth video series (“Puberty – a Journey”)
    • Very gendered, but did focus on emotional and social changes. Accurate information. Modeled asking questions with a trusted person. Lots of menstrual products. Fewer distractions.
    • No combined video.
  • Fifth Video (“Top Ten Things to Expect”)
    • Not inclusive, gendered. Racially diverse actors but not models. No menstrual products mentioned. No body size diversity.
    • No combined video.
  • Overall, the SEAB was not impressed with these videos. The board will continue to look for other 4th grade options.

9. New Business

• High School Videos.
  • Moved to next meeting for lack of time.

10. Announcements

Next meeting February 16, 2023

11. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Danny Hearit. Meeting adjourned at 8:03 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – October 20, 2022

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:36 PM

2. Membership Roll Call via Introductions Around the Table: Members present: Melissa Fore, Diane Tuinstra, Glenn Mitcham, Danny Hearit, Liz Miller, Heather Marlow, Trisha Kosloski, Aiyana Rosinski, Bridget Burns-King, Jonathan Gold.

3. Approval of Previous Meeting’s Minutes

A motion to approve the September 2022 Meeting Minutes without any changes was made by Trisha Kosloski and seconded by Bridget Burns-King. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Liz Miller and seconded by Trisha Kosloski. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment:

None.

6. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • Programs options that Melissia has spoken about (toxic masculinity). Interested in any SEAB recommendation. Heather has more information about potential material.\

7. Unfinished Business

• Update from Melissa Fore on her list of video reviews from last year.

8. New Business

• MiPHY Data Subcommittee.
  • Trisha and Heather will partner on cataloguing data.
• Discussion of 5th and 6th Grade.
  • Current video:
    • Mixed opinions, not the best but may at many members liked this one better than most of the new ones.
  • Puberty and you:
    • Puberty ted talk.
    • Super inclusive right from the beginning.
    • Not sure if the lecture style would grab attention, but accurate and informational.
  • Puberty high lows and in-between
    • Not recommended.
    • No LGBTQ+ representation, no biology discussed.
  • Puberty the great adventure for guys and girls:
    • Mixed opinions.
    • Opinionated but engaging, faster pace, made in 2018.
  • We are growing up:
    • Awful. Not recommended.
  • Puberty: a boy’s and girl’s journey:
    • Not recommended.
    • Two separate videos, not inclusive, only binary.

Motion to recommend to replace the current video “You, Your Body and Puberty“ with “Puberty and You” for 5th and 6th grade was mad by Danny Hearit and seconded by Diane Tuinstra. Motion passed with all voting to agree but one abstention.

• Birth Control
  1. Bridget Burns-King volunteered to bring in a bunch of resources for her work, and Sara Smith will get in touch with what they are doing currently.

9. Announcements

Next meeting November 20, 2022

10. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Diane Tuinstra and seconded by Liz Miller. Meeting adjourned at 7:41 PM.

SEX EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823

Minutes – September 15, 2022

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Melissa Fore at 6:34 PM

2. Membership Roll Call via Introductions Around the Table: 

Members present: Melissa Fore, Diane Tuinstra, Sara Smith, Glenn Mitcham, Danny Hearit, Liz Miller, Anne Scott, Heather Marlow, Trisha Kosloski, Karessa Wheeler, Aiyana Rosinski, Evan Newcombe, Jonathan Gold, Bridget Burns-King, Megan Maas.

3. Approval of Previous Meeting’s Minutes

A motion to approve the April 2022 Meeting Minutes without any changes was made by Jonathan Gold and seconded by Anne Scott. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval/Additions to the Agenda

A motion to approve the agenda without any changes was made by Danny Hearit and seconded by Liz Miller. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Overview of State Law and ELPS Policy for Sexual Health Education and the role of the SEAB

• Discussed MI state government rule about not mentioning abortion, even if asked by a student, as well as abstinence must be taught.
• We do have professional guest speakers on occasion speak about reproductive and sexual health.

6. Public Comment:

None

7. Presentations/Committee Reports

• Sex Ed Director Report
  • On our ELSP website, under “parents” tab, all of our sex education materials are available.
    • 2021-2022 notable accomplishments:
      • New HIV education lesson 5th, 7th and 8th grade
      • Approved new 2020-2021 wonder years curriculum for Middle School.
      • K-5 consent toolkit

8. New Business

• Review 2022-2023 Goals
  • Evaluate current content on sexual representation in media and determine need for added content in relationship to pornography. Add age-appropriate content, as recommended. Explore providing parent information session on adolescents and porn.
    • Ottawa and Genesee County want to partner with Megan Maas regarding a small module for high school about pornography education. We could create something with Megan and this board in partnership with other school districts/counties and potentially make it more easily adopted together. If schools are hesitant, we can create content for parents only.
    • There is difficulty getting pornography education curriculum passed, but parent-only content works well if done first. It is proposed we try to create both with Megan.
    • Megan Maas also does a PopPorn workshop that is 4-6 hours, but can be condensed into one hour for ELPS parents.
    • The advisory board is happy with keeping this on our goals for this year.
• Use information from the current MiPHY Survey to review and adjust the curriculum as needed.
  • MiPHY is a survey of youth in schools in MI that has surveys at risk behavior (including sexual behavioral data) that we have used in past years.
  • Heather Marlow volunteered to help gather that data for this goal.
  • The advisory board is happy with keeping this on our goals for this year.
• Evaluate current 9-12 grade curriculum (MI Model for Health: Health and Responsible Relationships: HIV, STIs, and Pregnancy Prevention (2007).
  • In previous years, we added materials, but we have not evaluated as a whole in a while.
  • The advisory board is happy with keeping this on our goals for this year.
• Evaluate PWY 2021 4th, 5th and 6th grade approved curriculum video/media options and make recommendations to teachers on options available to use.
  • The board thinks having a sub youth/student advisory board/focus group could help evaluate our videos and curriculum and add this as a goal to explore for this year.
  • ETR and other contacts could have good videos and content that might be helpful when evaluating these goals. Megan Maas and Heather Marlow will send an email to the advisory board about these materials.
• Additional goal topics were discussed:
  • Mellissa Fore mentioned the “Coaching boys into men” is a program that addresses toxic masculinity and sexual violence prevention that could be incorporated into the sprots programs in ELPS. Tough Guys and Mascu- women are similar programs towards male presenting youth.
  • Aiyana Rosinski mentioned that while the sex ed curriculums do mention LGBTQ+ inclusivity, inclusive language should be better incorporated. We do have an advisory piece for the teachers, but it is often not well incorporated in all language by teachers.
  • Evidence-based contraception goal suggested by Jonathan Gold was well received. A sub-committee could be formed to find resources on this. This could move to the front of the list.

11. Announcements

Next meeting October 20, 2022

12. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Danny Hearit. Meeting adjourned at 7:42 PM.