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West Bend committee debates how to define 'limited' and 'excessive' content for book approvals
Summary
Curriculum committee members discussed splitting high-school grade bands, how to measure profanity/excess, and whether content is glorified or central to a book's theme; staff will take recommendations to the policy committee on Aug. 19.
Dr. Jennifer Wimmer, the curriculum committee liaison, told the West Bend School District curriculum committee on Aug. 5 that staff want to refine how the district defines content thresholds for book approvals and to surface clearer criteria for the full board and policy committee.
"We made a commitment to kind of drive a little bit deeper conversation into the 2 committees," Wimmer said, explaining that curriculum and policy committees would continue work that began at a prior full-board meeting. She said staff plan to bring…
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