12:22 a.m. EDT October 3, 2014 GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A suburban Denver school board has approved a plan to review the curriculum in some U.S. history classes to promote patriotism and downplay civil disobedience, but with some changes to the original proposal.
Hundreds of students, teachers and parents packed the Thursday evening school board meeting and watched live video on a screen set up outside.
Some in the audience yelled "resign" and "recall" as the board voted 3-2 to approve a review committee that will include students, parents and administrators.
Students across a majority of the 17 high schools in Colorado's second-largest school district have left classes in droves over the past few weeks.
The protests started after the Jefferson County school board proposed creating a committee to review classes, starting with Advanced Placement history. They wanted to ensure materials didn't encourage disorder and promoted respect for authority.
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