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5th-graders shown health video for older kids

Miller Place officials say the district accidentally showed fifth-grade girls a health video meant for older students. "One group of female students was accidentally shown a video focusing on puberty

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May 13, 2016, 1:37 AM

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Updated 2,915 days ago

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5th-graders shown health video for older kids
Miller Place officials say the district accidentally showed fifth-grade girls a health video meant for older students.
"One group of female students was accidentally shown a video focusing on puberty and body changes intended for both male and female seventh-grade students," the superintendent announced in a statement.
The district says the video was not a sexual education video. 
They also say that parents of all of the students involved have been contacted by school officials.
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