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North Brookfield school committee asks for full elementary library list after objections to several titles
Summary
Three committee members requested a complete list of new elementary library purchases after concerns about age-appropriateness for some titles, including A Good Kind of Trouble and Snapdragon. The committee voted to table action and asked staff to provide the full list next month for review.
Three members of the Town of North Brookfield School Committee asked administrators on Monday to provide the full list of new elementary-library books for review after several committee members identified specific titles they considered inappropriate for K–5 readers.
The request followed an extended discussion about how the district acquires and vets library books. At the meeting a committee member identified A Good Kind of Trouble and Snapdragon among titles on the new-books list that raised concerns.
Why it matters: committee members said parents should be able to see what their children can check out from the school library and have an avenue to object to specific items. The committee directed administrators to compile the complete elementary-school new-books…
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