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Radnor curriculum committee hears public pleas to reinstate three graphic novels
Summary
At a curriculum committee meeting April 15, multiple residents, alumni and students urged Radnor Township School District to reinstate Blankets, Fun Home and Gender Queer in school libraries; committee members emphasized process and referred the issue to the full board for consideration next week.
Residents, alumni and students pressed the Radnor Township School District curriculum committee on April 15 to return three recently removed graphic novels to high‑school library shelves and to revise how the district handles individual challenges to library titles. Committee members said the committee cannot take final action and recommended the matter be considered by the full board.
Meg Stathelt of Wayne, who identified herself during the public‑comment period, told the committee she signed a request to put the books back immediately and said Fun Home offers “the most honest and realistic depiction of anxiety in a child that I've seen.” She urged the district not to wait for a policy revision, arguing that removal “sends a…
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