Parents in Burlington outraged at sensitive health survey administered to middle school students

Parents in Burlington expressed outrage over a sensitive soundness survey in the last few days given to middle school students saying that selected of the questions demanded of students at Marshall Simonds Middle School were too sexually explicit for children at that age Specific parents also say they opted out of their children participating in the Youth Exposure Behavior Survey but their students were still given it Parents spoke out at a school committee meeting Tuesday night This was a gross lapse in judgement a fundamental breach of trust and a failure to uphold the the greater part basic responsibility that falls on this administration to protect the children in our school system announced John Lyons Burlington Inhabitants Schools circulated a announcement saying there were areas for improvement particularly in the opt-out process and delivery of the proctor script We recognize the importance of clear communication with families regarding candidate participation in surveys of this nature