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Public speaker urges OPS to remove a book from school libraries over explicit passages
Board of Education, Douglas County School District 1 (Omaha Public Schools) · April 7, 2026
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Summary
At the April 20 meeting, Michelle Rogers read passages from a book she said is in OPS school libraries and urged the board to review and remove the title because of explicit sexual content; she asked the district to 'please get it removed if at all possible.'
Michelle Rogers addressed the Omaha Public Schools Board of Education during the public-comment period on April 20 and urged trustees to review and remove a book she said is available in district school libraries.
Rogers provided her name and address and said the title appears on lists of frequently challenged books.…
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