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Roxbury board declines committee recommendation to restore two challenged books to open shelves
Summary
After public comment and committee review under district regulation 91-30, the Roxbury Board of Education voted on June 9 and did not adopt the committee recommendations to return 'This Book Is Gay' and 'Gender Queer' to unrestricted circulation in the high-school library.
The Roxbury Board of Education on June 9 considered committee findings on two challenged high‑school library titles but declined to adopt the committee's recommendations to return them to unrestricted shelves.
The superintendent, Dr. Santora, told the board that a challenge committee convened under district policy/regulation 91-30 and, following discussion and anonymous surveys, recommended that both titles remain in circulation without access restrictions. "The committee members voted for both texts to remain in circulation without any limitation to their access," he said in presenting the committee report.
During the public comment…
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