Republic School District will reconsider banning books
The Republic School District has a lot of problems. It took the suggestion of a guy who doesn’t have kids enrolled in Republic schools, and banned two books. Then the district was accused of making a student rape victim apologize to her rapist. And then a family claimed that a special education student was assaulted by a teacher. It’s been a rough few months. But now the district is looking to correct one of its boners: The school board is reconsidering its book-banning policy.
The books, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer, were banned after Wesley Scroggins complained that they preached “principles contrary to the Bible.” Scroggins tried and failed to get a third book kicked out of school libraries. Now, the board is considering new guidelines for those dirty, filthy books. Now, they’re not suggesting that kids have easy access to these twisted tomes. In essence, school libraries will create a type of sleazy adult video room in a mom-and-pop video store. And students will have to bring a parent to check out the books.
