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Students, educators urge McAllen ISD board to include teachers and students in book-review decisions
Summary
Multiple students and a teacher used the public-comment period to oppose broad removal of books and to request that educators and students be included in any school-library book review process; speakers named 13 Reasons Why as an example.
During the public-comment period at the Sept. 23 McAllen ISD board meeting, several high-school students and a teacher urged the board to ensure that school librarians, teachers and students have input into any decisions about removing or restricting books from school libraries.
Alyssa Higdon, who prefaced her remarks with a content warning, read an excerpt from…
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