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1. 1. The Times : Today's Headlines

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   Published on: 2/29/2004   Last Visited: 2/29/2004

   But one, Tom Daniel, is Bossier Parish schools' science coordinator.
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   Tom Daniel, Bossier school system science coordinator.

2. 2. The Times : Today's Headlines

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   Published on: 4/2/2003   Last Visited: 4/2/2003

   The Bossier school system rejected GPA after officials decided the existing sex education program is essentially the same as the Governor's Program on Abstinence, said Tom Daniel, science coordinator.
   
   Bossier also turned down abstinence clubs.
   
   "The Governor's Program or abstinence clubs were going to be something that would be done outside the schools. We believe that's not a prudent way to approach sex education," Daniel said. "The things we consider essential to teach young people about we think need to be done in the confines of the school day by a qualified teacher."
   
   Bossier and Webster's existing curricula are abstinence-based but provide basic reproduction and birth control information to 10th-graders.
   
   "It's more or less what the birth control methods are," Reynolds said of the Webster Parish curriculum. "In reality, all this abstinence talk sounds really good, but in the real world, kids are going to be kids.