Technology Aids Dissection Foes

By David J. Hoff

When Lauren S. Skaskiw refused to dissect a fetal pig last year, she learned a lesson in biology—and civics.

The junior at Woodstock Union High School in eastern Vermont managed to earn her class's highest grade on the dissection-lab report, even though she participated "virtually" through a CD-ROM and a model of a pig.

She then embarked on a campaign that took her to the Statehouse in Montpelier this legislative session, back to a school board meeting, and this week to a local committee meeting that she hopes will result in a new policy requiring the school to offer alternatives...