Comments on: Superintendent: Escambia School Libraries Are Open As Books Are Under Review

By: Big Jim

Big Jim — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:53:20 +0000

There are millions of published works in the world and no single library anywhere will have them all. The issue is what titles should be in curated cirulation from a school library. Any book on the shelves has thus been granted some level of endorsement to be placed in the hands of a student. The Community is setting the standard that some of these explicit titles do not deserve to be in the limited subset of available printed materials available to students. This shouldn’t be a big deal.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:59:47 +0000

Again, the list of books that are under review has been available for months. Again, what makes “And Tango Makes Three”, “Finding Alaska”, and “When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball” inappropriate for children? What classified as “filth” and “smut”?

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:41:35 +0000

They want to ban books that are questionable in their minds but it is ok for the kids to find all the smut they want on their phones. Maybe it is time for parents to be parents and start taking time to raise their kids and see what they are viewing

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:15:28 +0000

Bob, you say anti….to summarize, you mean people who are anti- perversion. And we have had enough.

By: Republican reader of books

Republican reader of books — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:11:37 +0000

I disagree with censorship of this scope. Libraries are off limits and have always been a sacred, safe haven, for opposing views, differing opinions, and discovery. A teacher pushing specific controversial books on a student is a different situation, but that does not appear to be what is happening. This situation involves books sitting on shelves of libraries that would take effort by a child by their own free will to find, open, and read.

By: Pat Smith

Pat Smith — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:44:29 +0000

If parents want their children reading pornography they should purchase the books and put them on their bookshelves. These books have no value except to expose your child to a Marxist agenda.

By: R

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:23:01 +0000

The problem in recent years is that groups that seek to sexualize children have been placing books in school and public libraries. Target has been funding one of these groups whose primary mission is to place “how to” books.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:40:11 +0000

Something is wrong when you have to spend a couple more days of work to get the pornography out of the elementary schools . Some adult failed our kids !

By: brianh

brianh — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:15:44 +0000

Bob, no books are being banned so please stop saying that. It should be up to the parents about what content their children see or read NOT the schools. If you want to go out and get your child a graphic novel, you STILL can do that.

By: Carolyn Bramblett

Carolyn Bramblett — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 01:08:40 +0000

How simple is it for people to realize that parents, lots of parents, are fed up with filth that is enveloping our country. If you don’t like the fact a standard has been set then take your own kids to a library of your choosing or go to a store that sells books. Lots of us are fed up and I have no regard for librarians or teachers who I don’t know their mindset to guide my children and grandchildren. Who do you think the purveyors of filth are? Other adults who we hopefully do not know and can block their attempt to take down our children.