Her microphone was cut off at this point, but she can still be heard on video stating: “You are not public health officials; you are supposed to be educating our children! Do not teach them about anal sex!”
The school district later revealed that the book had been removed from both middle school libraries and that its contents would be reviewed.
A district spokesperson, citing the school board policy, stated: “A district possesses significant discretion to determine the content of its school libraries. A district must, however, exercise its discretion in a manner consistent with the First Amendment.”
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The spokesperson continued, saying that the “district shall not remove materials from a library for the purpose of denying students access to ideas with which the district disagrees. A district may remove materials, because they are pervasively vulgar or based solely upon the educational suitability of the books in question.”
The district maintained that it was unsure about how long the review would take.