Chico unified changes program after reports of offensive material

Chico unified changes program after reports of offensive material

Chico Unified has adopted a new program for online learning after the older program Acellus showed offensive material to some children.

Showed offensive material to some children.

Action news now reporter esteban reynoso is live at chico unified.

Esteban, what did children see that has parents upset?

Some parents reported they saw online lessons where characters were avoiding police and described as hating women.

Out of the more than 250,000 lessons acellus has to offer, there were 5 lessons that were reported, addressed and fixed, but parents say the damage is done, and the school will change programs. :26 sec <"it's disgusting to me that there are people out there with the intention of doing those things, but i'm sure the school has no intention.

/// we saw a few of the lessons, they were pretty appropriate, a little outdated at the time, but if we only have two and a half weeks to start it, so we thought well let's go ahead and push it out as a pilot and see how it goes."

Other school districts in san deigo and hawai'i have also cut their ties with acellus.

The new program called path blazer was not ready in time for the beginning of the school year, but cusd tells me its close to ready now.

Live in chico, esteban reynoso for action news now.

Over 300 elementary school students in chico unified were using acellus, they will all be moved over to path blazer by some time next week.

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