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Superintendent recommends removing '13 Reasons Why' from middle school library after curriculum review
Summary
A district curriculum review committee recommended keeping 11 of 12 challenged middle‑school titles, but district leadership recommended removing Jay Asher’s 13 Reasons Why from the middle school catalog and asked it be taken out before next school year; the committee’s decision may be appealed.
The Little Miami Local School District superintendent told the board on June 30 that a curriculum review committee had reviewed 12 challenged middle‑school library books and recommended retaining them in the collection, but the superintendent said she would remove one title — Jay Asher’s 13 Reasons Why — from the middle school catalog before the next school year.
The district convened a 16‑member curriculum review committee after concerns were raised about 12 books…
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