[dropcap]H[/dropcap]aving worked as Hays CISD’s director of Student Health Services for roughly two years, Macie Walker understands the challenge parents face when it comes to “the talk.”

Through Girl Talk/Boy Talk, Hays CISD aims to empower parents to begin discussions about sex and sexual functions with their children.

Hays CISD held the Girl Talk/Boy Talk program in two separate, gender-specific meetings earlier this month.

Walker said the origins of the program was the distri...