Parents and community members press CCSD after Sierra Vista principal shared Moms for Liberty banned-book list; trustees urged to act

Dozens of people used the public-comment period Sept. 11 at the Clark County School District board meeting to criticize an email sent Sept. 4 from Sierra Vista High School principal Jessica Lovell that, speakers said, linked to the Moms for Liberty banned-book list and encouraged administrators to "weed" materials.

Nicole Beier, speaking for a coalition that includes No Racism 1865, told trustees that Lovell’s message was sent “from a position of power and leadership” to her peers and that the linked list targeted books by and about Black and Brown students. “She called on her peers to consult Moms for Liberty’s banned-books list as a resource for what books to, as she stated, ‘weed,’” Beier said. “The list that she embedded … is a hit list of books about brown and black students and other historically disenfranchised groups.”

Several speakers described the message as a violation of district policy and regulation. Anna Binder, who identified herself with disability advocacy and the Nevada Governor’s Council on…