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Parents, advocates press APS to remove sexually explicit books and rescind new media policy
Summary
Dozens of public commenters at the April 2 Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting urged the district to audit and remove books they called sexually explicit from school libraries and criticized a newly adopted media policy that limits individual board members' statements to the press.
Dozens of speakers at the April 2 meeting of the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education urged the district to remove what they described as sexually explicit books from school libraries and to rescind a new media policy that restricts board members from speaking individually to reporters.
Speakers urged immediate action. “There are over a 25 plus ******** explicit materials found in the APS libraries,” said Damara Andrade during public forum, saying parents entrusted the district to guard children from harmful material. Sarah Smith told the board that “there are over 125 plus books in Albuquerque Public School libraries that are age inappropriate for students,” and read passages she characterized as sexually explicit.
The concern about the new…
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