Forty-one books in total—including the Bible—were swiped from school shelves despite some of them previously being approved by officials to stay in district circulation.
by Maia Kobabe—were swiped from school shelves despite some of them previously being approved by officials to stay in circulation.of challenged books, a parent raised concern in Nov. 2021 over “any variation” of the Bible written by “men who lived a long time ago.” The parent withdrew their challenge in December. However, another parent challenged the Bible in Feb. 2022. After the board reviewed it, members initially found that it would remain at its current library location.
“These books went through the official district-established challenge committee process. But because they all passed the committee process, our extremist Christian nationalist school board decided the process was ‘rigged,’” book committee member and parentwrote in a Twitter thread. “This is a violation of our childrens [sic] constitutional rights.”
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