Menifee Union School District
Encyclopedia
Menifee Union School District is a school district
located in the newly incorporated City of Menifee, California
. The district plans on adding at least two more schools in addition to the ones listed below. The district receiveded international attention in January 2010, when a parent complained a dictionary
definition of "oral sex
" was too graphic, leading to the near-removal of Merriam-Webster
dictionaries from school shelves throughout the district and formation of a committee "to comb the dictionary for potentially graphic words or definitions and issue a report". Despite news reports, no dictionaries were actually removed.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
located in the newly incorporated City of Menifee, California
Menifee, California
Menifee is a relatively new city located in Southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The city is roughly in size. As of the 2010 census, Menifee has a population of about 77,519...
. The district plans on adding at least two more schools in addition to the ones listed below. The district receiveded international attention in January 2010, when a parent complained a dictionary
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
definition of "oral sex
Oral sex
Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...
" was too graphic, leading to the near-removal of Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster
Merriam–Webster, which was originally the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries that are descendants of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language .Merriam-Webster Inc. has been a...
dictionaries from school shelves throughout the district and formation of a committee "to comb the dictionary for potentially graphic words or definitions and issue a report". Despite news reports, no dictionaries were actually removed.
Elementary
- Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary
- Chester W. Morrison Elementary
- Evans Ranch Elementary
- Freedom Crest Elementary
- Oak Meadows Elementary
- Quail Valley Elementary
- Ridgemoor Elementary
- Southshore Elementary