CONEJO VALLEY : Discussion Planned on AIDS Education
Parents and residents will have an opportunity to learn more about HIV and AIDS at a panel discussion tonight presented by the Conejo Council of PTAs.
Four speakers are scheduled to provide information about state-mandated education on acquired immune deficiency syndrome, related curriculum taught in the Conejo Valley Unified School District and ideas on how to discuss the subject with children.
This is the first panel on AIDS sponsored by the local PTA.
“We think it’s real important for people to be educated, because it’s such a serious situation,” said Terri Marshall, first vice president in charge of programs for the Conejo Council of PTAs. “We’re trying to get the facts out.”
Panel members include Jean Varden, director of the Region 8 Healthy Kids Healthy California program for the state Department of Education; John Elfers, program consultant; Marjorie Richey, registered nurse and epidemiologist at Los Robles Regional Medical Center; and Jennie Lyle, department chair for health, physical education and auto safety at Thousand Oaks High School.
The event, which is open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. at Colina Intermediate School, 1500 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Admission is free.
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