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Parent tells New Berlin School Board 10th‑grade English includes graphic violent material
Summary
At the Sept. board meeting a parent, Catherine Lecissero, said excerpts from 10th‑grade English texts contain graphic depictions of violence and offensive material and urged the board to ensure age‑appropriate reading and formal parent notification; the board did not record a formal action on the complaint.
Catherine Lecissero, a parent and Milwaukee County court reporter who works on child‑abuse and domestic‑violence cases, told the New Berlin School Board at its Sept. meeting that material assigned in 10th‑grade English includes ‘‘graphic depictions of shootings, mutilation, sexual violence and instructions for torture,’’ and that she filed a formal complaint about the same material five years ago but found the texts still in use.
Lecissero said she is…
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