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Parents urge removal of 'It Ends With Us' and 'Wintergirls' from OPS libraries; speakers read excerpts
Summary
Two public commenters asked the Omaha Public Schools board to remove Colleen Hoover’s 'It Ends With Us' from Bryan High School and to remove 'Wintergirls' from district libraries, reading passages and citing concerns about sexual content and self‑harm.
Two members of the public urged the Omaha Public Schools Board of Education to remove specific books from school libraries during the meeting’s public‑comment period, reading passages aloud and asking the board to act.
Michaela Kazer, who said she lives in the district, told the board that Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us is available to minors at Bryan High School and called the book “pornographic” and inappropriate for high‑school students. Kazer read aloud passages from the book and said the district provides access to the title without parental…
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