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Radnor policy committee narrows library challenge language and debates board role in removing materials
Summary
At a June 3 Policy Committee meeting, members debated Policy 1.45 (concerns regarding library materials) and whether parents should have a formal appeal process; the committee agreed to reword and move a sentence requiring board approval to the end of the policy and will send the revised language to the full board for further consideration.
The Radnor Township School District Policy Committee spent the bulk of its June 3 meeting debating how parents can register concerns about library materials and how removal decisions should be handled.
Committee members discussed a new standalone policy (proposed Policy 1.45) that outlines steps for parents and guardians to raise questions about print or digital resources: concerns are to be stated first to the school librarian and building principal (or designee), and — if not resolved — may be shared with the superintendent or designee. "The librarian and building principal or designee will listen to the concerns shared," Dr. Hand said in his presentation of the draft language.
The committee’s central substantive disagreement centered on whether the policy should provide an explicit appeal process that could lead to board action and, separately, whether certain removals should…
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