Re: Harry Potter Challenged: Here We Go Again!

[Laura Strickland <MayportMS@AOL.COM>]

Well, here in lovely Northeast Florida we are celebrating Banned Book Week by
pulling ALL of our Harry Potter books off of the shelf pending reevaluation.
A parent of an elementary school in town is complaining. This is the third
challenge of the series for the same reasons -- witchcraft, sorcery, occult,
etc. We may let students check the books out if they return a parental
permission form during this reevaluation time.  The reevaluation process is
expected to last until the end of October. With the movie opening in November
- the students are eager to read the books.  I plan to post signs where the
Harry Potter books were shelved letting students know to pick up a permission
form so that they may check out the books.  One of the language arts teachers
has told me that a church in town has preached to its members to challenge
the book: one right after the other, essentially keeping it off of the shelf.
My question for you is this: Do you have a limit on how many times a book or
series of books can be challenged for the same reason? Is there a time limit
established before there is another challenge on the same title?

Laura Strickland, LMS
Mayport Middle School
Atlantic Bch, FL  32233
Mayport MS@aol.com

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