Today's N&O Front Page... So Mr. Roberts thinks it is his job to protect my child....thank you, sir. Can you come over and start running the other aspects of our life? pssstt....we have every Harry Potter book, To Kill A Mockingbird, the Giver, the Bible, the Koran, and many more books in our home.....please don't tell Mr. Bartholomew.....
Haven't had a chance to read the local papers recently, could you expand on the Topic by letting us know which paper and what the article states? Grace
n&o I think it is the front page In regards to West Johnston High School about a 10th grade required book for Ms. Faris english class. Cetain people complained to the school that the book was provocative & offensive. If a person finds it offensive then the rule of JOCO is that- that child does not have to read it & can read something else. What is offensive to one may or may not be offensive to another. There were several 10th graders that made the comment "if you can't handle it then you are not mature enough to be in the 10th grade". There again meaning what one finds to be offensive or not. All matter of perspective & each ones morals
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/829888.html Much more - about 15 paragraphs - at the link above.
"I don't think that kind of literature should be in our schools," said Fred Bartholomew, who was chairman of the board when it made the decision in October. The Johnston school board met in a closed session in October before asking school employees to review high school reading materials. North Carolina public records law allows public bodies to hold closed sessions only to discuss certain topics, including personnel issues, potential land purchases or legal matters. Curriculum issues -- what should or should not be taught in schools -- are not exempt from open meetings laws. Superintendent Tony Parker said the closed discussion was legal because it dealt with personnel issues. Parker said it was later determined that it was not about personnel and no one was ever disciplined. " So who is going to be punished for this...............So now they -the board & school administration can hold a closed meeting about reading materials. This says something about who is running our schools.
