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Residents Press Pine-Richland Board on Book-Policy Inaction; Board Approves Hance Elementary Book Purchase
Summary
At the July 21 Pine-Richland School District meeting, residents criticized the board majority for not using a recently enacted library policy to pursue book challenges; the board approved a separate motion to purchase new library books for Hance Elementary.
Residents told the Pine-Richland School District board on July 21 that a library policy the board adopted in March has produced no formal challenges and accused the majority of political posturing rather than follow-through.
At the same meeting the board approved the purchase of new library books for Hance Elementary.
Steve Cutlenius, a Pine Township resident who addressed the board during public comment, said the majority adopted a “new library policy” on March 17 after more than a year of public meetings and “heated debate,” but that "not 1 single book has been formally challenged or requested for removal" in the ensuing 126 days. He said the policy had been sold to the public as a tool to remove…
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