Parents, students, teachers, and librarians were not happy after members of their school board called for book burnings of “bad, evil-related material” in school libraries, and they let them know in no uncertain terms.
The board voted to remove “sexually explicit” content from the district’s libraries. And after that meeting got some news coverage, parents and others in the community with more mainstream views showed up at this week’s meeting to give the school board a piece of their mind.
The school board ended up voting 5-2 to rescind their ban on “sexually explicit” books in the district’s libraries. According to Uphaus-Conner, the two dissenting board members were Abuismail and Twigg, the same two who were the most extreme the first time around in calling for a literal book burning.
Update:
Teachers & parents rip school board to shreds for suggesting a public book burning