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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not just hold them in private or something?[/quote]

Um, because the boards conduct public business subject to public open meetings laws.[/quote]
yes, they'd have to change the rules about meetings, but I don't blame the thought.  Some folks can't seem to control themselves.  I wouldn't want to be a BOE member with all the threats and low pay.[/quote]
While there have been some over the top responses, can you really blame the parents?  Some B's of E are [b]making terrible decisions and harming kids.[/b]  It's only natural for parents to want to protect their kids.  [/quote]

Can you give an example? Thanks [/quote]

DP.

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Xm4AX25tE[/youtube]

Why should we allow this at SB meetings?[/quote]

Huh? I don’t agree with the public speaker, but it was entirely inappropriate for the school board to interrupt her while reading the excerpt from the book.[/quote]

I don't know that it was... it seems like if this topic needs to be addressed and discussed, it should be done in a forum restricted to 18+, e.g. a separate public comment period.  If you want to argue 13+ because technically HS kids have access to this book in the library, then you are conflating "some kids have access to these materials if they explicitly seek them out" with "let's read this out loud to everyone".

I'm curious what the library checkout records are on these materials... what percentage of students are _actually_ going and checking out the books in question?  Technically they could read without checking out, I'm majorly skeptical that any kids are sneaking around the library just to read a few text passages when they could was more easily obtain illicit imagery or videos elsewhere (if they're so inclined).[/quote]
I’m on the fence about reading the passages out loud during a holiday board meeting.
I don’t know these books in question. But I read Maya Angelou’s “I know why a Caged Bird Sings” when I was in high school (required reading as part of English class). It describes her sexual abuse as a child. I didn’t think it was inappropriate or wrong, granted I was 16 or so. 
If the books are promoting pedophilia, it’s wrong. If they are memoirs, that’s different.[/quote]

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