’50 Shades of Grey’ assignment prompts investigation at Pa....

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Leaders in the Monessen School District in Pennsylvania are investigating a racy assignment allegedly given to several middle school students.

According to the Valley Independent, the assignment consisted of a word search based on the novel "50 Shades of Grey."

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Parents at the school sent WPXI a photo of the word search that includes many sexually explicit words.

The district has not said who passed out the word search.

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