Peoria Schools prepare fall launch of LGBTQ curriculum
Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD PEORIA, Ill. — With the goal of providing more LGBTQ-friendly education to grades kindergarten through 12 starting in fall 2021, the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education on Monday night received an update from its Legacy Virtual Advisory Committee. Legacy refers to the Chicago-based Legacy Project, which created the Legacy Project Education Initiative which, according to its website, aims to “inspire young people who have been forced to grow up without the benefit of historically significant LGBTQ role models.” The district in 2020 decided to adopt th...