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

Parents in Burlington expressed outrage over a sensitive wellness survey in recent times given to middle school students saying that specific of the questions petitioned of students at Marshall Simonds Middle School were too sexually explicit for children at that age Selected parents also say they opted out of their children participating in the Youth Menace 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 greater part basic responsibility that falls on this administration to protect the children in our school system declared John Lyons Burlington General Schools circulated a message 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 learner participation in surveys of this nature