“I saw just a tremendous amount of redeeming qualities (in the book),” Hubert said. “I do not find the work to be obscene or harmful.”īoard President Skeeter Hubert said the sexual content in the book is moderate. “It is my opinion the reconsideration committee was correct in its decision,” Lambert said. “Ramona Blue,' Lambert said, is a story of struggle, survival and hope where the character must determine responsibilities to their families, options for their future and college.

“The book has redeeming social values for minors, including many (students) in this district.” “I submit in this case, removal is inappropriate,” Lambert said during the hearing Tuesday.

You’ve got to figure out your orientation.”ĬISD Director of Information Services Jared Lambert upheld the committee’s decision to keep the book in high school libraries. The message is you’ve got to figure out your identity. That’s the agenda and that is what is wrong with this book. “This is a movement that is operating in our nation that is coming to indoctrinate our children and desensitize to sex,” Harris said. Johnson.īoth were removed from district library collections for not meeting the district’s selection criteria for instructional resources and library materials.ĬISD spokeswoman Sarah Blakelock said Harris also has challenged district textbooks Texas Biology, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015 and Aquatic Science, published by McGraw Hill in 2014.īlakelock said those reconsideration requests are pending.ĭuring Tuesday's hearing, Harris said there is a growing movement with young adult literature that is focused on sexual content and sexual orientation. He also challenged “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. “Ramona Blue” is the third book Harris has challenged. On : Woodlands Elite cheerleaders shot after one got in wrong car in Texas H-E-B parking lot, 1 arrested Harris does not have any children in Conroe ISD schools. In November, Alex Harris requested the reconsideration committee review the book based on the sexual content and Ramona’s struggle with her sexuality. On : Willis ISD ends security contract with Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable's Office after mistreatment complaints Trustees Misty Odenweller and Tiffany Nelson opposed the decision, saying that while the book had redeeming social value, their votes were based on the mature content of the book and that a parent has the right to decide if they want their child to have access to that material.

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