Jon Greenberg's '95 race and social justice curriculum suspended after parent complaint

It turns out there was a parent complaint to the district about the class, which resulted in Greenberg, the sole senior humanities teacher, receiving a letter from the superintendent of schools. The letter instructed him to stop teaching two specific units of his humanities curriculum while they were investigated by the district: the race and gender units.

This curriculum was created by Greenberg and much of it has been taught since the school opened a decade ago; it's an integrated humanities class that teaches language arts and social studies with a heavy social justice focus. There's a unit on race that involves talking about identity and privilege, and a gender unit that was folded into the curriculum after the tiny high school's inaugural women's studies elective was canceled. I can say from personal experience that it's a powerful class and a highlight of lots of students' time at the school, a view I've heard repeated by current students and more recent alumni.