Escambia County Public Schools, Florida considered a proposal to revise a policy to allow parents to decide what books their children can read.
At the beginning of Escambia County schools' "special workshop" on Monday, school board members addressed concerns over books that have been accessible to students.The workshop stemmed from a teacher's claim last month that over 100 books in Escambia County Public Schools violated Florida law. "I think at some point we have to know that we have professionals working for us that are evaluating, making decisions, based on the literature that is being proposed.
Long before I got on the school board, we have had the ability for parents to ask for their child not to read a specific book.That has been there.This is really nothing new other than we have to put it in policy," school board member Patty Hightower said at the outset of the meeting. "What we’re tasked with as a board is making sure that parents and students have rights," Hightower said.
Bookcase in a library. (iStock) "When we get to some of these books, there are some of them I believe should not be in the school district, and I am concerned how they got there.
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