Parents accuse Connecticut school district of 'heinous promotion of pornographic books'

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Parents in Westport, Connecticut at a school board meeting slammed a banned book display in a high school library, claiming they violate "child pornography laws" and are "heinous." Staples High School in the Westport Public Schools (WPS) district put up the display last month in recognition of "Banned Books Week."   Banned Books Week is promoted by the American Library Association (ALA) annually to "celebrate the freedom to read, draw attention to banned and challenged books and highlight persecuted individuals." Bookcase in a library. (iStock) The display reportedly included "Gender Queer" and "This Book is Gay," with a sign reading, "Someone doesn't want you to read these books.

Find out why." These titles have reportedly been among the ten most challenged books across the country over the past year. Westport Public Schools held a regular meeting on Monday to address parents’ concerns about the banned book display at Staples High School. "I would like to make a comment about the banned book display at Staples which has generated significant concern within our community.

As a community, as a school district, as neighbors, we need to talk. We cannot keep burying uncomfortable conversations and we cannot dismiss the real concerns of many parents," board member Dorie Hordon said at the beginning of the meeting. "We cannot perform as chief of oversight without community discussion," Hordon concluded. "I think it's inappropriate that that discussion happened behind closed doors," board member Robert Harrington said. "And I think it should happen on the floor of the Board of Education, and the community can hear a discussion from board members in a public meeting about this important issue for the community," Harrington said,.