Oklahoma parents are protesting some explicit books in a public middle school libraries at a school board meeting that was held on Tuesday night.
, which serves more than 8,300 students, says their library is selected by professional Library Media Specialists in a statement released to the media. The district said that there is a process by which parents may call for material to be reviewed, and they have not received any such requests recently.
Fleck went on to say, [Stillwater] is going to have the same issue if you don't clean it up. And I'm going to find it and I've got some connections that I've made over the last couple of years battling [Stillwater]. I'll bring that to bear." Among the books she flagged at the school board meeting are"The Truth About Alice," a story involving"abortion" and"Perfect," which contains"sexual activities, including sexual assault, profanity, racial commentary, self-harm," and other"high concerns on what the subject matter is."
One parent seemed to agree with the inclusion of the controversial material. A woman named Robin who said she is a former elementary teacher came to the podium to say that"if we never give our children a broad array of perspectives, we're doing them a disservice and setting them up to struggle when they go out into the wider world."
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