A Menifee, Calif. school district that had taken dictionaries out of its classrooms because of a sex term some parents find offensive will allow it back on the shelves, reports KTLA.
The district pulled the reference book last week after a parent complained when a child came across the term "oral sex" which had this definition "Main Entry: oral sex Function: noun Date: 1973 : oral stimulation of the genital."
A committee of parents, teachers and administrators decided yesterday to permit fourth- and fifth-graders at Oak Meadows Elementary School to use Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. However, parents can opt to have their kids use an alternative dictionary.
Peter Scheer, executive director of the California First Amendment Coalition says "common sense seems to be lacking in this school."
We agree.
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