Charlotte County Florida (of course) K-12 Schools Required to Remove ALL Books with LGBTQ Characters and/or Themes

[NoleATL]

Sounds like don't say gay, to me...

Popular Information reports:

Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries.
Charlotte County school librarians sought guidance from the school district about how to apply an expansion of the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, to all grades. “Are we removing books from any school or media center, Prek-12 if a character has, for example, two mothers or because there is a gay best friend or a main character is gay?” the librarians asked. Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello answered, “Yes.”
The guidance by Vianello and the school board’s attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project (FFTRP) through a public records request and shared with Popular Information. FFTRP requested “electronic records of district and school decisions regarding classroom and library materials.” In response, FFTRP received a document memorializing a July 24 conversation between Vianello and district librarians, known in Florida as media specialists.

Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters

Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. Charlotte County school librarians sought guidance from the school district about how to apply...

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[An Iowa fan]

Other news about Charlotte County.

Charlotte County ranked fifth-fastest growing region in the nation - Gulfshore Business

The Punta Gorda Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Charlotte County, is ranked the fifth-largest area for population growth, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

www.gulfshorebusiness.com

 

[Tom Paris]

Bigoted action because of a bigoted governor who thinks he should be President.

 

[FlickShagwell]

 

[McLovin32]

Seems a bit......stupidly extreme.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

When somebody files and wins the inevitable First Amendment suit, this will cost the County a nice chunk of change.

 

[goldmom]

Clay County, which is a suburb of Jacksonville, leads the nation in removal of books from school libraries.
Now if you look at that headline and stop you might think “ IGNORANT BIGOTS”.
If you read beyond you’d find out that over 80% of the books removed are because of a complaint filed by one man - unaffiliated but apparently on a mission.
He’s a NY transplant maybe in his fifties (identifiable by the accent)and has appeared before the School Board several times wearing a T Shirt that says “No Left Turn”. He claims no affiliation with any group,
The Board removes the books as a caution and a Committee reviews them for “objectionable” content but the majority are being returned to the shelves.

 

[Tom Paris]

Clay County, which is a suburb of Jacksonville, leads the nation in removal of books from school libraries.
Now if you look at that headline and stop you might think “ IGNORANT BIGOTS”.
If you read beyond you’d find out that over 80% of the books removed are because of a complaint filed by one man - unaffiliated but apparently on a mission.
He’s a NY transplant maybe in his fifties (identifiable by the accent)and has appeared before the School Board several times wearing a T Shirt that says “No Left Turn”. He claims no affiliation with any group,
The Board removes the books as a caution and a Committee reviews them for “objectionable” content but the majority are being returned to the shelves.

Thank you.