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Public commenters tell Omaha school board to review library materials; reader cites explicit passage
Summary
At the Oct. 20 Omaha Public Schools board meeting, two public commenters urged the district to remove or review library materials they described as explicit; one speaker read an excerpt and asked why the district lacks a standard for library appropriateness.
At its Oct. 20 meeting, the Omaha Public Schools (OPS) board heard public comments from community members who said certain books in district libraries contain sexually explicit material and urged the district to change or clarify library policy.
Mikaela Khazor, who said she has been speaking at school board meetings since she was 16, told the board she was "disturbed" by what she described as "perverse and pornographic material" in OPS libraries. Khazor said she met with the district library…
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