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Librarians tell WAXAHACHIE ISD committee they place books by character age; some members raise concerns about LGBTQ and mature themes in elementary collections
Summary
District librarians said placement relies on character age and vendor metadata (Omnisphere) while committee members raised concerns about middle-grade titles and some LGBTQ or mature content appearing in elementary collections; no formal decisions were made.
Unidentified librarian S3 told the WAXAHACHIE ISD committee that most flagged titles are being handled through review and that librarians compiled reviews in a separate file for possible re-review. S3 said re-review of a title would require reading the full book. “We did put reviews… so, like, if there's a certain book that somebody has looked through and they really feel like they want to rereview, I would have to…
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