But she conquers her fear. She dissects a cat for a human anatomy class with 15 of her West High School peers. The dissection project is the reason many students sign up for the elective class, and ...

Bluffton High School teacher Margaret DiPietro talks with students Ivy Schleicher, left, Carly Thomas, center, and Meg Tilton, right, Thursday morning during a class assignment dissecting a sparrow.

A lawsuit was filed against Newport-Mesa Unified School District by one of its teachers who alleges that the district retaliated against her for opposing cat dissections in anatomy classes. Karen ...

Sixteen-year-old high school junior Brynnan Grimes was appalled when she learned last August that she’d have to skin and dissect a cat during her anatomy class at Culpeper County High School. “I never ...

A former English teacher at Newport Harbor High School is suing Newport-Mesa Unified, alleging that district administrators retaliated against her after she publicly questioned the need for students ...