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Penfield convenes review committees after three library book challenges, Bluest Eye not currently required reading
Summary
The district convened three reevaluation committees under Board policy 83-30 to review challenges to library holdings including Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye; officials said the Bluest Eye is no longer being taught in the AP Literature course though it had been approved previously.
The Penfield Central School District on April 8 said it has received requests to reevaluate three books in school libraries and has formed three review committees under Board of Education policy 83‑30 to examine the materials.
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Maloney said the three challenged works are The Rainbow Parade by Emily Nielsen (as read out in the meeting), Aliens and Other Visitors Not Near Normal: The Paranormal by Ruth Owen (as read out in the…
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