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Board member asks for prompt review after middle-school book with mature label appears in curriculum
Summary
A board member asked administration to review a recent middle-school book purchase that carried a 'mature' label, requested the list of 19 English books for review, and asked that the item be added to the agenda for follow-up.
A board member raised concerns about an incident at Monroe Middle School involving a book included in English reading materials that reportedly carried a 'mature' label. The member asked administration to provide the list of English books (19 titles were referenced) and requested the purchase and review process be added to a forthcoming agenda for prompt follow-up.
"I'm gonna request a follow-up on that, and I'm gonna request that English, list of those 19 books of which I believe this was 1 of them ... including in that, I would like to add to the agenda a review of that, book purchase that was passed, months ago and the process for which, these books I reviewed and take a further look at that," the member said. Staff responded that they would provide the requested list and follow up. The transcript does not record a formal timeline for the review or an assigned staff lead during the meeting.
