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Greenville County board pauses Book Fairs; parents urge transparency on PragerU materials
Summary
Parents, teachers and librarians criticized the district's pause on Book Fairs and raised concerns about an agreement with Prager University; the board moved the issue to the October committee-of-the-whole pending state department follow‑up.
A broad coalition of parents, teachers and school librarians criticized Greenville County Schools’ decision to pause Book Fairs and urged the board to publish a clear plan for reinstatement, while other speakers warned about district use of Prager University (PragerU) materials as supplemental resources.
The meeting’s public‑comment period featured librarians and teachers who said the district’s new vetting form makes it impractical to approve full‑length texts for class, and that the Book Fair pause removes a routine avenue for student access to books. "Banning books has never been enlightened," former teacher Sarah Beth Wood…
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