Humble ISD parents voiced concern about access to certain books in the district’s libraries and took their concerns to public comment in Tuesday’s board meeting.
At the board meeting, some community members were heated and came to voice their concern over what they said were dozens of inappropriate books that are available to students. Reading excerpts from books aloud, one parent said 40 books she found, including“Our taxpayers do not want to be complicit with the corruption of minors. We have every faith and confidence that our district will do the right thing,” one parent said during public comment.
Other parents said some of the books teach students the wrong lessons and mentioned that the “reconsideration process” used to remove a book from the district’s shelves is a cumbersome one.While this item was not on the board’s agenda and no action was taken, the district responded with the following statement:
In addition, books that are not completely removed but may not be age appropriate for all grade levels on campus are held behind the counter, and students must have written permission from their parents to access and/or check out the book.
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