The Indian River County School Board was forced to remove several dozen books from school libraries after parents were stopped from reading explicit books.
Fight for Schools executive director Ian Prior says schools focus too much on social issues over academics and parents should have more transparency in their children’s education.several dozen books from school shelves after concerned citizens read graphic excerpts from the hotly debated novels.
During the Monday meeting at the Indian River County School Board, over 30 parents and community members successfully had the books removed when they were cut off from speaking at the podium. Another parent was cut off while attempting to read a passage from the book"Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott, describing an incident where an adolescent is pushed and has her pants forcibly removed.
"Even with the first letter, this is really graphic. And we have a rule here. Nothing obscene. We haven't heard the actual words but I think we've heard enough," Indian River County School Board member Jacqueline Rosario said to another parent. from different books. Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. was removed from the podium by security after being told by a school board member to stop reading.
In a comment to Fox News Digital, the School District of Indian River County said the board listened to the community and unanimously voted to take"bold" and"swift" action to remove the books.
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