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Parents and residents press board over contested book, allege state law noncompliance
Summary
Several residents urged the Buchanan Board of Education to respond to a controversy over a widely discussed book and raised formal complaints alleging the district is not following Connecticut statutes on curriculum, opt‑out policy, committee membership and textbook changes.
Several residents used the public‑comment period at the Dec. 16 Buchanan Board of Education meeting to press the district on a disputed book and to deliver a written request that the board document alleged violations of Connecticut law.
“...this just happened. I am not talking to a wall,” resident Mary Ann Knog said, recounting conversations with other community members who told her they supported her earlier public remarks about the book controversy. Knog said she contacted the book's publisher about producing an alternative edition.
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