UPDATE: Deer Creek Elementary School 5C's (SEL) Program on Pause

Deer Creek Elementary School (DCES) parents were notified yesterday that the 5C's program will be paused before it even started. See the DCES statement below:

District policy that needs to be followed regarding 5C's curriculum or any other SEL based teaching progam:

Policy IG: "Successful curriculum development is a cooperative enterprise involving impacted

district staff members, carried out under the superintendent’s leadership and using

multiple resources. Carefully conducted and supervised experimentation for

curriculum development is also desirable."

All new programs and courses of study as well as the elimination and extensive

alteration of the content of current programs and courses shall be presented by the

superintendent or designee to the Board for its consideration and action."

Policy IHAK:The Board of Education believes that while parents are the primary and most

important moral educators of their children, the school and community should

reinforce parental efforts. Therefore, the Board directs the superintendent to

develop, with input from parents and other community members, a character

education program.

For parents with concerns or complaints about teaching methods, activities or presentations see policy KEF