Of course, there’s no other possible place the young’uns could go to look up words so as to prevent them from using them properly in a sentence. And if you don’t know the meaning of a word or phrase like “oral sex,” there’s no possibility of them doing what the word means.

The Menifee Union School District is forming a committee to review whether dictionaries containing the definitions for sexual terms should be permanently banned from the district’s classrooms, a district official said Friday.

The 9,000-student K-8 district this week pulled all copies of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary after an Oak Meadows Elementary School parent complained about a child stumbling across definitions for “oral sex.”

The decision was made without consultation with the district’s school board and has raised concerns among First Amendment experts and some parents.
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The collegiate dictionaries were purchased several years ago to allow advanced readers in the fourth and fifth grades to look up words that they didn’t know, Cadmus said.

And the crowds begin to chant…
“What do we want?” “Ignorance Now!”
“When do we want it?” “Later. American Idol is on.”

California Department of Education spokeswoman Tina Jung said parents need to get involved and talk to their children about what they consider appropriate and inappropriate.

“It’s quite possible that no one could have foreseen that kids would look up words that pique their curiosity,” Jung said.

As the school website says, “Please call us with any questions you may have.”
28600 Poinsettia Street
Murrieta, CA 92563
Phone: (951) 246-4210 Fax: (951) 679-4637 Email: gruiz@menifeeusd.org