The Orlando Sentinel published a two-page print spread Thursday listing 673 books that have been removed from classrooms in Orange County in 2023 due to fears they violate the state’s new laws banning “sexual conduct” from public schools.
Teachers with any of the 673 books on their classroom shelves have been instructed by the school district to remove them, the newspaper said, also noting that the Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) staff will review the list of rejected books once again, so it’s possible the books will eventually be returned to the classroom. The district began compiling the list over the summer.
The list stems from two Florida laws signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ®, who is also running for president. They require media specialists to review books in libraries and classrooms, and to exclude books that include sexually lewd material or pornography. The legislation also aims to give parents greater ability to raise objections to their children’s education.
School libraries are libraries. Children without parents like yourself will never see those. What kind of “I got mine” world are you people living in.
Yes, they’re both libraries. Thats the overall category. Then, they’re split into other categories, two of which being school libraries and public libraries.
Do you think that just anyone off the street should be able to walk into a school library like they can a public library? Because that’s the same argument. They’re both libraries after all. ಠ_ಠ