Did this just happen? Maureen Robins
On Nov 23, 2007 10:37 AM, TLP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sadly, this type of thing continues. From a Middle School Lit Group, > > Sebastopol librarian Richie Partington was fired from his library > consultant's position with the Bellevue Union School District in Santa > Rosa California a day after refusing to meet with a principal who had > banned Rodman Philbrick's The Last Book in the Universe from his > school's library without having read it. > > "I politely but firmly made it clear to the District Superintendent > that until the principal actually read the book he had banned, I > didn't see how we could have a conversation about the book. > > Partington had twice read the first chapter of the book aloud to sixth > grade classes at the District's Kawana School the previous week and > "had more than a dozen students begging to read it." When Partington > arrived at the school on the following Monday morning with four copies > of the book, he was informed by the school's library clerk (who also > has never read the book) that she didn't want the book in the library > because it has to do with gangs and that she'd gotten the principal to > forbid its addition to the collection. > > Noting in an email to the Superintendent that "the bigger issue here > is one of arbitrariness due to a lack of a District collection > development policy and District reconsideration policy," Partington > immediately drafted and emailed a proposal for a reconsideration > policy to the Superintendent who responded the same day by mailing out > the termination letter. > > The termination is effective immediately. > > -- > > > What blows me away are people willing to ban books they haven't even read... > Tena > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
