“I think input from the committee gives the board an idea as to what the community threshold is for appropriate literature,” said Board Chair Christa Hazel to The CPA Press. In response to the decision, the school district has initiated a 30-day review period in which other members of the community can comment regarding whether the book is appropriate for high school students. Citing explicit sexual references and language, the committee, which is comprised of parents and other residents of the community, voted 4-2 against the book’s inclusion in the approved reading list. The Ad Hoc Literature Committee in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho has issued a formal rejection of a teacher’s recommendations to include award-winning Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake in the district’s high school curriculum. Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians. Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators.Know Your Rights: Student Rights Fact Sheet.Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!.Adding Graphic Novels to Your Library or Classroom Collection.Kirkpatrick, NY State Court of Appeals (1973) Obscenity Case Files: Joseph Burstyn, Inc.Des Moines Independent Community School District Obscenity Case Files: United States v.Pacifica Foundation (George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words) Obscenity Case Files: People of New York v.
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