The Temecula Valley Unified School District decided early Wednesday to
reject California�s controversial new social studies book and curriculum.

The school board met for more than 5 hours on Tuesday hearing from
parents, teachers, and even people outside the Temecula area about the
state�s curriculum for elementary school kids.

�Keep the false religion of secular humanism and gender theory out of
schools. Focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic. Let�s face it, this is
a fight of good and evil,� one attendee said during the meeting.

The debate is over a new social studies book called �Social Studies
Alive!�

The textbook complies with 2011 state laws requiring that students get
instruction about �the role and contributions of people with disabilities;
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans; and other ethnic and
cultural groups.�

Conservative members of the board have complained that supplemental
material for the curriculum contains a three-paragraph mention of gay
rights leader Harvey Milk.

Two of those members, Joseph Komrosky and Danny Gonzalez, described Milk
as a �pedophile� in a May 16 board meeting and did not want the curriculum
used in Temecula schools, the Patch reported.

Those in favor of the new curriculum also spoke to the board during the
meeting.

�Since you have taken office. You have attempted to divide our community
by portraying a false narrative of teachers sexualizing students and
pornography in classrooms. As parents with kids in the district, I know
this is simply not true,� a person attending the meeting said.

The board eventually voted 3-2 to dismiss the state�s textbooks and
continue on with instructional materials that are at least 17 years old,
according to the Patch report.

Newsom said he won�t stand for the district using outdated materials and
said the state would deliver the textbooks into the hands of students if
needed.

He added that he would also send a bill to the school district for the
books and fine it for violating the law.

�Those kids have the freedom to learn,� Newsom said,

Komrosky said if the governor sends the books, he will send them right
back, according to the Patch.

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