Parent reads from challenged novel and board member asks rubric review
A parent read passages from a previously challenged book and urged the board to re-evaluate its placement under the district rubric; a board member asked staff to pull the text for review during board follow-up.
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Bruce Friedman, a resident who identified himself during the presentations-from-the-audience period, told the Clay County School Board that the district must reassess a novel he has challenged for years, The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg. Friedman said his appeal of the book’s placement was denied and urged the board to reapply the district’s community rubric.
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