Originally published in the 4/6/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News.
HUNTLEY — Vigilant oversight is the key to ensuring school curriculum is appropriate, school officials said.
The board of trustees for School District 2 in Billings recently fielded a complaint from parents over a high school assignment they said required students to look at objectionable images on a website that compared advertising messages.
Superintended Terry Bouck said at the school board meeting that he found the images offensive.
Superintendents of the Shepherd and Huntley Project school districts both said their districts have curriculum policies in place to evaluate the learning materials used by students. Both said they recalled no objections filed by parents.
Scott Carter, superintendent of the Shepherd School District, said district employees continually evaluate curriculum and work assigned to students by teachers.
“All our curriculum is consistently under review,” Carter said. “The quick answer is, yes, it’s under a constant state of review.”
But, he said, as was the case in the Billings school district, “You can never be read more
