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Public commenter urges board to remove a required book, asks for stronger notice rules
Summary
A parent, Jessica Pricey, told the board her freshman was uncomfortable with a required reading and requested the book be removed from the required list (not banned), argued classroom handling of sensitive material was problematic and asked the district to require advance notice to parents for sensitive or controversial required readings.
During public comment at the Nov. 10 meeting, Jessica Pricey described following the district's formal review process after her freshman raised discomfort with a book assigned in class. Pricey asked the board to remove the text from the required reading list — "not banned, just removed" — because she…
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