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Fairbanks school board adopts revised Article 6 after heated public hearing on library materials
Summary
After more than two hours of public testimony mostly about school library materials, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board approved the second half of Article 6 (instruction policies) on second reading, including a narrowly-drafted amendment to require staff be included in crisis communications.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board voted Dec. 2 to adopt the second half of Article 6, a package of instructional policies that replaces parts of the district curriculum chapter after a public hearing that focused largely on school library materials.
The board's vote came after extended public testimony both defending librarians’ selection processes and urging stricter controls on certain books. Nikki Eiseman, a former district librarian, told the board she supports the district’s existing administrative regulation for review and reevaluation, saying the “review and evaluation policy worked” when a challenged book was moved from a middle to a high school collection. By contrast, several other community members named individual titles and described them as inappropriate for school shelves; some urged opt-in policies or removal.…
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