La Grange ISD trustees remove contested elementary book from current purchase list after debate
Trustees discussed and deferred one elementary book after debate over content; the district approved moving 'Butt or Face? Vol. 3' to a later review list and proceeded with other purchases. The discussion exposed divisions on library-selection process and prompted procedural motions that initially failed for lack of second.
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The La Grange ISD Board of Trustees debated a contested elementary title and agreed on Monday to move the volume off the current purchase list for further review. Trustee Calvin Mersiovsky questioned the need for the item, asking, "Why do we need a book at the Elementary about super gross butts?" Elementary librarian Amy McCord said the series uses photos to prompt readers to identify whether an image is a face or a butt and then provides factual animal information on the following page; she said similar series are popular with students.
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