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Board places proposed high‑school, middle‑school novel lists on 30‑day display amid requests for review

Plainfield SD 202 Board of Education · April 16, 2026
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Summary

The curriculum committee added two titles to the high‑school novel list for 30‑day display and placed the middle‑school choice list on 30‑day display; several board members asked the curriculum committee to review existing titles that have prompted parent concerns.

The Plainfield SD 202 curriculum committee voted to place proposed additions to the high‑school and middle‑school novel lists on 30‑day display after a discussion in which several board members asked for further review of titles already on approved lists.

Dr. Morris presented two proposed additions for the high‑school novelist list — When Breath Becomes Air (a memoir) and The Mountain Sing (offered as a choice option) — and said both had been…

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