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Resident urges Milan Area Schools to remove graphic novel Stars in Their Eyes from middle-school library
Summary
At the Nov. 12 Milan Area Schools board meeting, resident Ron Stark asked trustees to remove the graphic novel Stars in Their Eyes from Milan Middle School, citing explicit scenes involving 14-year-old characters and alleging violations of board policy 2521 and state executive guidance; the superintendent said he would follow up.
Ron Stark, a Milan resident and small-business owner, used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the Milan Area Schools Board of Education to remove the graphic novel Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton from the Milan Middle School library collection.
Stark told trustees he found passages that depict “explicit romantic and physical interactions between 14-year-old girls,” including a scene where “one character kisses another while straddling her lap,” and argued the title is rated for older readers than the…
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