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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After 3 years of MS health ed plus 1/2 a year, what on earth are they discussing?  Every year MS health ed is the same thing.  [/quote]

From what I could tell, Montgomery County health was about sex-ed, drugs, and a little bit of mental health.

When I went to school elsewhere, our health class covered sex-ed and drugs, but it also covered nutrition, body systems, diseases, and first aid (including the Heimlich and CPR certification).  Admittedly, there wasn’t much focus on mental health.

If the extra semester of health means they actually learn more about health than safe sex, avoiding drugs, and mental health issues, it sounds like it would be beneficial. [/quote]

So, you don't have kids in MCPS and know nothing about it but advocate for it.  They did all those things in MS.  Then, they do them all in the one semester of HS.  Now, doing something like financial literacy makes sense.  Another health education doesn't.  Every semester its the same thing.  Enough with the mental health non-sense.  Talking about it in general terms isn't helping anyone.  Parents need to step up and help and get their kids help with true mental health issues.  Between student support/advisory and health ed, so much time is wasted repeating the same information vs. giving our kids a good well rounded education.[/quote]

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