The Temecula school board approved the social studies curriculum it previously rejected twice over concerns about “inappropriate” material—but with the recommendation that schools substitute certain material with that which is “age-appropriate.”
The board voted to approve the “Social Studies Alive,” a state-approved K-5 social studies curriculum during a special meeting called July 21 by board president Joseph Komrosky.
Mr. Komrosky had previously led the board’s conservative majority to reject the curriculum in May—and then again in July—over concerns of its inclusion of LGBT activist and politician Harvey Milk, whom Mr. Komrosky called a “pedophile” based on reports Milk, then 33, had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male….