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   Last fall, parents at the posh $55,000-per-year Dalton School got wind of   
   their first-graders being taught sex-education lessons that included   
   masturbation.   
      
   They complained to school administrators, but were told they had simply   
   “misinterpreted” what Dalton’s now-notorious “health and wellness”   
   educator Justine Ang Fonte — who last month led a controversial and   
   explicit “porn literacy” workshop at another elite prep school — was   
   teaching.   
      
   But after The Post’s exposé last week on the porn class, Dalton parents   
   “bombarded” the school with more complaints about Fonte’s curriculum,   
   sources told The Post.   
      
   The Post viewed video of a cartoon Fonte used in one of her sex-ed classes   
   for 6-year-olds showing little kids talking about “touching themselves”   
   for pleasure.   
      
   “Hey, how come sometimes my penis gets big sometimes and points in the   
   air?” asks the little boy in the cartoon, leading to an explanation of   
   what an “erection” is.   
      
   The boy nods and says, “Sometimes I touch my penis because it feels good.”   
      
   Then the little girl character chimes in: “Sometimes, when I’m in my bath   
   or when Mom puts me to bed, I like to touch my vulva too.”   
      
   Fonte has reassured parents that she does not use the word “masturbation”   
   in class, and that her lessons teach kids not to touch themselves in   
   public.   
      
   They are also taught lessons about “consent.” While one mother conceded   
   that teaching the concept of consent can be valuable in protecting   
   children from abuse, another said telling kids that that their own parents   
   or grandparents should not touch them without first asking for permission   
   is extreme.   
      
   “Literally parents are supposed to say to their kids, May I hug you?” one   
   parent said.   
      
      
   One mother said that another parent told her, “I’m paying $50,000 to these   
   a–holes to tell my kid not to let her grandfather hug her when he sees   
   her?”   
      
   Fonte’s lessons for first-graders also include subjects such as gender   
   assigned at birth, gender identity and gender expression.   
      
   “Kids have no less than five classes on gender identity – this is pure   
   indoctrination,” a Dalton mother said. “This person should absolutely not   
   be teaching children. Ironically, she teaches kids about ‘consent’ yet she   
   has never gotten consent from parents about the sexually explicit, and age   
   inappropriate material about transgender to first graders.”   
      
   “We are furious,” a third Dalton mother told The Post. “We were horrified   
   to learn this was shown to our first-grade 6- and 7-year old kids without   
   our knowledge or consent. But it’s so hard to fight back because you’ll   
   get cancelled and your child will suffer.”   
      
   How bodies are private   
   -this is the video.   
   Fonte has reassured parents that she does not use the word “masturbation”   
   in class, and that her lessons teach kids not to touch themselves in   
   public.   
   The second Dalton mother said, “I’m not against all sex education but it’s   
   not cool to keep parents in the dark about it.”   
      
   The parents spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are afraid of   
   retaliation.   
      
   The second mom hit back at Dalton administrators who she said are playing   
   mind games with parents and not fessing up to what’s really going on in   
   classrooms. The school has said that only a “small group” of parents   
   complained about Fonte’s class last fall and that they “misinterpreted”   
   the content. At the same time, however, the school quietly removed the   
   video about kids touching themselves from the curriculum.   
      
   “We are not ‘confused.’ We are in fact just seeing very clearly for the   
   first time what a ‘progressive’ education really means at Dalton,” the   
   mother said. “The fact that the school then gaslit parents into thinking   
   we are confused is abysmal.”   
      
   How bodies are private   
   -this is the video that   
   Fonte’s lessons for first-graders also include subjects such as gender   
   assigned at birth, gender identity and gender expression.   
   Fonte’s work at the school is reportedly funded by a $450,000 grant given   
   to Dalton in 2012 by hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square   
   Foundation. Ackman’s ex-wife Karen is on the Dalton board of trustees.   
      
   “What we are seeing across the country is that many schools have lost   
   sight of the purpose of education, and are hiding curriculum and teaching   
   materials from parents,” a spokesman for FAIR, the Foundation Against   
   Intolerance and Racism, told the Post.   
      
   Last week the Post reported on Fonte’s workshop, “Porn Literacy:  An   
   intersectional focus on mainstream porn,” at Columbia Grammar &   
   Preparatory School. The often-explicit slide presentation and lecture to   
   the 120 co-ed juniors included how porn takes care of “three big male   
   vulnerabilities”; statistics on the “orgasm gap” showing straight women   
   have far fewer orgasms with their partners than gay men or women; and   
   photos of partially-nude women, some in bondage, to analyze “what is porn   
   and what is art.”   
      
   Fonte’s presentation included a list of the most-searched pornographic   
   terms of 2019, including “creampie,” “anal,” “gangbang,” “stepmom” and   
   more.   
      
   How bodies are private   
   -this is the video   
   They are also taught lessons about “consent.”   
   Shortly after the Post published the Columbia Prep story last week, its   
   head of school Dr. William M. Donohue sent a conciliatory email to school   
   parents saying that the “content and tone of the presentation did not   
   represent our philosophy, which is to educate our students in ways that   
   promote their personal development and overall health, as well as to   
   express respect for them as individuals. … It was unfortunate that we did   
   not better inform ourselves of the speaker’s specific content in advance.   
   I apologize … Going forward we will certainly learn from this experience.”   
      
   Fonte has not responded to repeated requests from the Post for comment.   
      
   A Dalton spokesman said, “As part of Dalton’s comprehensive Health   
   curriculum for students, a lesson on Gender & Bodies included two   
   evidence-based and age-appropriate videos approved for students 4 years   
   and older. These videos align with nationally recognized methodologies and   
   standards. We consistently review our Health curriculum, making sure that   
   the content is developmentally appropriate and, if necessary, we adapt our   
   curriculum accordingly. We will continue to listen carefully to parent   
   feedback, respond thoughtfully to community concerns, and develop lessons   
   that are in the best interest of our students, respect our community’s   
   values, and correspond with best practices.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/05/29/dalton-parents-enraged-over-masturbation-   
   videos-for-1st-graders/   
      
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