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Parents and residents press Forest Hills Public Schools board on book reviews, Title IX and academic honors
Summary
During public comment residents urged the board for more transparency on a June 2023 book-review process and Title IX policy changes, raised concerns about sexually explicit library content and asked the district to reinstate or revise valedictorian/salutatorian and honor-roll recognition practices.
Speakers at the public-comment portion of the Forest Hills Public Schools board meeting raised a series of concerns about library content, the district’s book-review process and recent Title IX policy changes.
An attendee identified in the transcript as Unidentified Speaker (Speaker 4) said they submitted materials for a book review at the board’s June 2023 meeting and later were told they were banned from the review process. The speaker described the book as containing what they called "lewd accounts" and said, "I no longer view our school libraries as the safe space that they once were." The speaker asked the board to disclose the administrator, agency…
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