by Karen Bowling | Aug 8, 2016 | Privacy and Safety
Kaeley Triller is the former Communications Director for a YMCA. One day she was asked to write talking points for a controversial new policy. When she learned the policy would allow people to choose their bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity, she felt...
by Hallie Hamilton | Jul 25, 2016 | Gender Identity
Across the country, well-meaning legislatures, city councils, and school boards are attempting to add Gender Identity and Gender Expression to Nondiscrimination policies, including Omaha Public Schools (OPS). At their most recent board meeting, OPS discussed an update...
by Nebraska Family Alliance | Jul 21, 2016 | Gender Identity
On Monday, July 18th, the Omaha Public School Board discussed an amendment to their anti-discrimination policy (1200) that would add gender identity and gender expression among other items. If passed, Policy 1200 would read: “Omaha Public Schools does not discriminate...
by Hallie Hamilton | Jan 21, 2016 | Comprehensive Sex Education
Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Board of Education meeting, board members voted nearly unanimously to update the curriculum of Human Growth and Development (HGD), the OPS sex-education class. The changes are controversial enough that the Omaha World Herald placed it on the...
by Hallie Hamilton | Oct 29, 2015 | Comprehensive Sex Education
Omaha Public Schools has adopted expanded curriculum standards for it’s sex-education and wellness class, Human Growth and Development. The new standards have caused an outcry among concerned parents in the community. Supporters of the changes often point to Opt...
