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Public forum at OPS focuses on library books and proposals to eliminate lunch debt
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to remove certain library books and criticized content they consider inappropriate while other speakers defended intellectual freedom; one board member introduced a temporary resolution to clear lunch debt and fund meals through the semester as administrators study longer-term options.
Several community members used the public-comment period at the Nov. 14 Omaha Public Schools board meeting to press competing views on library materials and student nutrition.
Michelle Rogers read passages from the novel Sold and said the book is available in OPS libraries at 11 schools. "It makes me feel gross inside," she said, urging the board to remove the title and other materials she described as objectionable.
Michaela Kazer, who identified herself as a long-time public commenter, criticized prior review outcomes that kept contested titles in schools and said the formal challenge process felt…
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