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Multiple speakers urge Escambia schools to tighten library standards, question review committee process
Summary
Several members of the public told the Escambia County School Board that library book review procedures are inadequate, urged a community standard tied to state law, and called for more direct local control of which books are available to students.
At the March meeting of the Escambia County School Board, multiple public speakers criticized the district’s library book selection and review process and called on the board to adopt stronger local standards.
The complaints culminated in calls for an immediate policy change to prevent books that speakers described as sexually explicit or age-inappropriate from being available to students. "The book fight isn't about us," veteran teacher Vicky Baggett told the board, adding that some library materials are "educationally or age inappropriate." Baggett also said media specialists routinely rely on professional reviews rather than reading books themselves.
Why it matters: speakers said the current process,…
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