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Catoosa County schools temporarily remove classroom titles as review under Georgia 'harmful materials' law proceeds
Summary
Superintendent Nicks told the board the district has temporarily removed titles from an eighth‑grade classroom library and will convene school media committees to review materials under Georgia’s harmful‑materials law; no formal parent complaints have been filed about the shelf in question, the superintendent said.
Superintendent Nicks told the Catoosa County Board of Education on May 6 that classroom titles at Heritage Middle School had been temporarily removed and will be reviewed under procedures consistent with Georgia law.
The superintendent said the district created a clearly marked parental "permission only" shelf and required a signed parental permission form for any student wishing to borrow titles designated for ages 13 and up; he added that "to date, we still do not have any formal complaint by any parent." The board heard this report during its regular May meeting.
The move matters because the district is operating under the state's post‑2022…
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