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West Bend curriculum committee reviews two third‑books for eighth‑grade book club; no formal adoption recorded
Summary
The West Bend School District Curriculum Committee discussed adding The Death Cure and Mockingjay to the eighth‑grade quarter‑3 book club list after a CNI review of dystopian titles under an updated graphic‑violence definition; committee members expressed support but no formal vote to adopt the titles was recorded.
The West Bend School District School Board Curriculum Committee reviewed two third‑books for inclusion on the eighth‑grade quarter‑3 book club list during its Dec. 10, 2024, meeting: The Death Cure, the third book in James Dashner’s Maze Runner series, and Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games series. The Curriculum and Instruction (CNI) department told the committee it had re‑vetted dystopian titles using an updated definition and threshold for graphic violence.
Quinn Trueblood, director of curriculum instruction, framed the discussion by describing dystopian literature as a…
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