09/08/2023
Today, a local school district and a dad were served to appear in Albany to appeal their recent decision to remove 5 books with illicit content from a school library. This a rural district where a middle school & high school share a library with no barriers for content.
In July, the local school board followed their own protocols with book challenges and voted to remove these five books. The school librarian and another teacher filed an appeal to the state to overturn the local school boards decision to remove the books.
This is the evil we face in this state. Parents follow set policies and procedures, a local board hears the challenges and agrees to remove the books, and an activist librarian files an appeal to force the books back in.
This must not stand. Please help us get the word out that Clyde Savannah Central School District, just like any other district has the legal authority to decide on educational and supplemental content within their districts. These are elected representatives who speak for their district. This type of activism is dangerous for our children and against parental rights and local controls.
Please encourage Clyde Savannah to stand by their decision and tell the state they have the right to decide their own content, based on NYS Ed Law Section 1903.
The books in question are
All Boys arent Blue, People Kill People, It Ends With Us, Red Hood, Jesus Land: A Memoir
These books depict violent graphic r**e scenes, Oral & a**l s*x involving children, su***de, drug use and more. If we are serious about mental health, safety as safeguards for our students, we must tell NYS to not allow these books to stay in this school where 12 year olds have access.