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Public commenters urge Comal ISD to remove 'pervasively vulgar' books, cite timeline of notices and state rules
Summary
Multiple community members used the public-comment period to urge Comal ISD to remove certain library titles and to press the district on compliance with state law and internal notification; speakers cited a submitted list of 30 titles and legislative and administrative references.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Feb. 27 Comal ISD Board of Trustees meeting to urge action on library materials they described as sexually explicit or "pervasively vulgar," and to press the district on whether it complied with notification and removal requirements under state guidance.
Judy Rothfel (who identified herself in her remarks as Judy Raphael), a New Braunfels resident, read an explicit excerpt from Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses and urged the board to remove the title from district library catalogs. "This excerpt that I read to you is an example of the many books that are pervasively vulgar and educationally unsuitable in our schools,"…
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