Greenville County School Board votes 9–1 to remove three high‑school library titles after appeals

The Greenville County School Board voted 9–1 on May 28 to overturn district review‑committee findings and remove three young‑adult novels from school media centers: Perfect and Tilt by Ellen Hopkins and Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas.

Miss Dean, the district staff member who facilitates review committees, told the board the high‑school panels read challenged titles in context and judged Perfect appropriate for grades 9–12, noting the committee "reached a unanimous consensus that the book should not be removed from high school media centers" and recommending that parents who object use Destiny account flags to limit checkout for individual students. The committee record, Miss Dean said, considered age, purpose, mandatory use and educational value when making its recommendation.

Several board members disagreed with the committee's findings and raised questions about graphic sexual content, depiction of sexual assault and the adequacy of safeguards for…