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West Bend expands book-club permission form language and adds The Transall Saga to eighth-grade list
Summary
The West Bend School District curriculum committee agreed to clarify language on its book-club permission form and to add The Transall Saga to the eighth-grade book-club list after a content review that flagged limited violence but no obscene language; the title is already in the district collection so there is no added cost.
The West Bend School District curriculum committee on Aug. 5 agreed to add clearer language to its book-club permission documents and moved to include The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen on the district’s eighth-grade book-club list.
Committee members said the changes to the permission form are intended to make the district’s content thresholds — listed as “none,” “limited” and “some” by grade band — more explicit for families. Adrienne Schneider, program administrator, told the committee that the…
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