MODESTO BEE
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

By KRISTINA SEWARD
BEE STAFF WRITER

Last Updated: February 28, 2006, 05:30:16 AM PST

The Modesto City Schools Board of Education on Monday night voted to award a certificate of completion to high school seniors who have not passed the exit exam.
The board also voted to try fourth-grade single-gender classes on one campus.

Both were unanimous.

The issue that absorbed the majority of the meeting was whether trustees should agree to a contract with the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency to teach a portion of high school sex education curriculum.

For two hours, students, parents, teachers and medical professionals on both sides of the debate shared their thoughts with the board.

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