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sentences that state something as happening or true
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14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A Michigan high school is facing scrutiny after parents raised concerns over a gym class policy requiring female students to disclose information about their menstrual cycles if they want to make up swimming days missed because of their periods.
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they → face → periods
Under the policy, which appears in a Lakeview high school gym syllabus, female students who miss swimming because of their periods must have a parent submit a written note or email identifying the length of their menstrual cycle before they can make up the missed days.
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they → appear → days
The syllabus states: “Female students will be given the opportunity to make up days, which are missed only because of their menstrual cycle.
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which → state → cycle
A written/email note from a parent stating the length of the menstrual duration is required, so the student can make up the days.”
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student → write → days
“Students will complete dry land workouts to be able to make up the days,” it continues.
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it → complete → days
“Students will not just sit out.
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Students → sit → ?
Each day that is not made up will be considered a non-participation day and place the student on the grade reduction scale.”
The requirement caught the attention of Andy Amsdill, whose daughter attends Lakeview high school.
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daughter → make → school
Amsdill told WXYZ Detroit that he was stunned when he saw the requirements in her gym syllabus.
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he → tell → syllabus
“The teacher wants us to either send a note or an email with the suspected length of the cycle which, by itself, is ridiculous,” Amsdill told the outlet.
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Amsdill → want → outlet
Menstrual cycle length can sometimes be difficult to predict, and the US National Institutes of Health estimates between 14% to 25% of women experience menstrual irregularities.
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Institutes → predict → irregularities
Amsdill later told CBS News that other parents contacted him after he spoke publicly about the syllabus, saying they were glad he had brought attention to the issue.
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he → tell → issue
Shishakly said she faced the same requirement during her freshman gym class last year and that it affected her grade.
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it → say → grade
“My response was like, ‘If they ask, you have no obligation to tell them,’ and it did affect her grade,” Shishakly told CBS.
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Shishakly → ask → CBS
“She’s a straight-A student, and she ended up with a C in gym, and I don’t know how fair that is since it’s only going to apply to the girls at the school.”
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it → ’ → school
Lakeview public schools superintendent Karl D Paulson issued a statement that read: “We recently became aware of a parent’s concern relative to certain class expectations.
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We → issue → expectations
Given our commitment to partnering with parents to address any issue that might arise, we immediately sought to schedule a meeting with the parent to engage in a conversation about the concern.
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we → give → concern
It added: “We look forward to meeting with the parent in the coming days and working collaboratively with that objective.
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We → add → objective
The Lakeview school district remains fully committed to educational excellence and best practices in all it does.”
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it → remain → all
It remains unclear whether the same requirement appears in other gym class syllabuses at Lakeview high school, or whether the district intends to remove it following the criticism.
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district → remain → criticism
The controversy has also prompted Amsdill to question whether the policy could be in violation of title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.
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that → prompt → assistance
Lakeview public schools addresses title IX on its website and includes a separate guide aimed at helping students identify sexual harassment.
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students → address → harassment
The guide defines it as “unwanted sexual remarks or behaviors” and says that can include “comments about students’ bodies or how they look or act.”
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they → define → bodies
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