Re: Target: Rolling Stone -- Our Turn

[Francine Eppelsheimer <feppelsheimer@USM.K12.WI.US>]

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The Rolling Stone hit the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
today.  A small district (Ketttle Moraine) to the west of the city has
decided that the librarians in the district would no longer be responsible
for the selection of library materials.  The selection of materials would be
evaluated by a committee.  This new policy was due to the fact that a school
board member found Rolling Stone to be pornographic.  It will be interesting
to see what happens with this.  The censorship situation seems to be getting
worse and worse.  THe article was very good.  Brought up the fact that
libraries should have a balanced viewpoint, etc.

Joni J Rathbun wrote:

> I've been so pleased over the years that our district has
> experienced few challenges. We also have a well defined
> reconsideration policy in place that has been used when
> those few challenges hit us.
>
> Then this week two principals in our district decided to
> pull Rolling Stone from their library shelves without
> using the reconsideration form and without respect
> for district policy. One has stated that he "never
> uses" the policy; he just pulls whatever anyone objects
> to. The other, who has met with many objections from
> students, has simply told them the school ran out of
> money and can't afford it any longer (the subscription
> is paid in full thru the rest of the year).
>
> We are now in the market for information on the
> use of Rolling Stone in school library media centers.
> I know others here have been through this before
> us. We'd appreciate any pointers or experiences
> you may have to share.
>
> We have no district specialist or supervisor
> any longer. The four of us who remain to serve the
> buildings have decided the area specialist will
> offer the principals a copy of the reconsideration
> form to fill out and submit. If that does not
> prove effective, we will request an audience
> with our (new) deputy superintendent asking
> that policy be followed. We've also contacted
> another principal to suggest that review of
> our policy on intellectual freedom be a topic
> at an upcoming principals' meeting (many new
> principals in the district tho the two in
> question are not new). We've also contacted
> ALA.
>
> Beyond that... who knows.
>
> My thanks for any info.
>
> --
> Joni Rathbun, North Area Regional Media Specialist: jrathbun@orednet.org
> Lincoln City, Oregon -- Lincoln County School District
> http://lincolncity.org/bookmarks
> If you need a vacation, you should see the state I'm in!
>
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