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Parents urge Omaha Public Schools to remove 'The Poet X' and 'Flamer' from district libraries
Summary
Two community members told the Omaha Public Schools board that the books The Poet X and Flamer contain explicit material and urged the district to remove them; the board heard the comments during public comment but took no immediate action.
Two parents urged the Omaha Public Schools board on Monday to remove books they described as sexually explicit from district libraries.
Mikaela Khazor, who identified herself and gave her address, told the board that The Poet X is “not education” and read passages she said are inappropriate for middle-school students, including language she quoted from page 130. “This is indoctrination designed to desensitize our children to sin and strip parents of…
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