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Munster board accepts reconsideration committee finding, keeps challenged book in district libraries
Summary
At its February meeting the School Town of Munster Board of School Trustees voted 5-0 to accept a reconsideration committee's recommendation that a challenged title not be removed from school libraries after an hour of discussion and a public comment by the complainant.
The School Town of Munster Board of School Trustees voted 5-0 on Feb. 10 to accept the reconsideration committee's original decision that a challenged book not be removed from district libraries.
A parent, Denise Yannakopoulos, told the board during the meeting's public-comment period that her 5-year-old had come home upset after seeing images she described as showing private parts in a scholastic advertising magazine distributed at school. She said she filed a formal complaint and urged the board to "do the right thing" and remove the material.
The reconsideration…
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