[Vision2020] "Proposal would let schools ban books" (fwd)

[Carl Westberg]

Actually Tim, I must (respectfully, as a fellow Mariner fan) disagree with 
you on your last sentence.  I know many a school, public, and university 
librarian.  Despite the stereotyping, most librarians I know are downright 
liberal, and view book banning as slightly below kitten stomping in their 
list of favorite things.                                                     
                                                                             
           Carl Westberg Jr.






>From: Tim Lohrmann <timlohr@yahoo.com>
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Proposal would let schools ban books" (fwd)
>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:13:34 -0800 (PST)
>
>Visionaries,
>Imagine that--parents having input into the running of
>a school their own child attends.
>What an outrage!!
>
>Don't all schools have discretion on what sort of
>literature they want to allow the taxpayer's money to
>be spent on?
>If not, they certainly should.
>
>I can think of all sorts of books that would be unwise
>for a school to endorse by allowing them in the
>library. I'm sure most school librarians would agree.
>   TL
>
>
>--- Debbie Gray <dgray@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> > Thought some visionaries might be interested in the
> > following item. This
> > last week, Post Falls schools recently were
> > challenged for allowing  'The
> > Chocolate Wars' to circulate in the junior high. A
> > parent complained and
> > now if someone wants to check it out, they must get
> > permission from their
> > parents...
> >
> > --------------------------FWD-----------------------
> > >From the Thursday edition of the Idaho Statesman:
> >
> >
> > Proposal would let schools ban books
> >
> > A bill that would allow local school boards to ban
> > certain books from
> > school libraries will be considered in the House
> > Education Committee.
> > Introduced by Rep. Peter Nielson, R-Mountain Home,
> > on Wednesday, the bill
> > says individual school boards may exclude "any
> > materials that do not
> > support the definition of a thorough system of
> > public schools,"
> > established by Idaho law.
> >
> > The section of law referenced in the bill mentions
> > basic values such as
> > honesty, self-discipline and respect for authority.
> >
> > Nielson said it s his intention that local school
> > boards are simply made
> > aware that they have the option to pull books off
> > library shelves.
> >
> > "We require quite a few things that do not foster
> > self-discipline,"
> > Nielson said. "Some library books have a
> > preponderance of swear words,
> > they mention sexual acts. These are the kinds of
> > things I want them to
> > look at."
> >
> > Edition Date: 02-20-2003
> >
> >
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