Parents' deadline to review Miami-Dade textbooks is Thursday

h information that could lead his capture. Developing Now the Miami-Dade County Public School Board looking for parents who want to volunteer. They’d be reviewing textbooks that could potentially be used in the schools their kids attend. Local times had told Vallas in Miami with everything you to know. Time’s running out. Parents who want to be part of the committee selection committee when it comes to studies textbooks for grade levels. I think it’s really important for to be involved and knowledgeable about this process. Amanda Prieto, a parent who applied to sit on the social studies textbook District

Review Committee. So far, the district says more than 1500 parents have applied but yet to apply because she fears things could be admitted from history books. As parental have taken center stage in Tallahassee, the superintendent says he wants to make sure parents out ere know these adoption committees. It is an additional of responsiveness to communicate to share to parents materials that we are about adopt. The district will be adopting social studies, instructional materials for grades K through 12 as well as advance courses. So in this particular case, Hetzel parents whose are going to have access

to these, will have an opportunity to be at the table. School board members Steve Gallant tells us parents will be randomly picked and educational experts will also sit on th committee’s. In part this is also consistent with new state

law house Bill 1069, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K through eight and also says committees convened to select instructional materials include parents of students who will have access to such material. So a parent will have their voice and they will also have a vote. So the subject area expertise. This

again is saying parents want to be a part of the process. So that that line to apply is Thursday night . Any information you may want on how application process works , if you want to apply all the information you can find on Local ten dotcom. Reporting fro