Perfectly Normal / Classroom libraries (news)

[Steven Hofmann <shofmann@ALA.ORG>]

Anchorage parents object to Perfectly Normal book
          An Anchorage (Alaska) School District materials reconsideration =
committee is scheduled to begin evaluating the sex-education book It's =
Perfectly Normal in response to complaints filed by two families. Topping =
the American Library Association's 1998 Banned Books list, the illustrated =
book deals frankly with topics such as birth control, masturbation, giving =
birth, and homosexuality. (American Libraries Online)

Last-minute budget cuts derail New York City classroom libraries
          When New York City Schools Chancellor Levy ordered $150 million =
in program cuts the week before classes were to begin, it meant a =
deferment until next year of Mayor Giuliani's plan to create small =
300-book libraries for each of the city's 21,000 K-8 classrooms. (American =
Libraries Online)

Follow the headline links on the AASL home page http://www.ala.org/aasl to =
read more.

Posted by:

Steven L. Hofmann
Director, Digital Development

American Association of School Librarians
a division of the American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795

800-545-2433, ext. 4389
312-280-4389 direct
312-664-7459 fax
shofmann@ala.org
www.ala.org/aasl

www.ala.org/aasl/kqweb - Knowledge Quest on the Web
www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR - School Library Media Research

Be sure to join us for the AASL Tenth National Conference, Nov. 14-18, =
2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana - www.ala.org/aasl/indy

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