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A Utah principal apologizes after ‘inappropriate’ classroom survey asked students if they were Mormon or had ever had suicidal thoughts

Are you a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Do you ever worry about whether there will be food to eat at home? Have you or anyone you know ever had thoughts or feelings of suicide? Are you adopted?

Those are a few of the 25 questions 7th grade students at Indian Hills Middle School were asked last week in a survey conducted on the first day of class. After several parents called with concerns, the principal apologized and said the questionnaire was “inappropriate.”

“We have put measures in place to make sure that this doesn’t happen again,” said Canyons School District spokesman Jeff Haney.