I think it is both unconscionable and untenable to agree to police the books
students check out. We have over 3400 students and there is no way we could
adhere to a policy like that unless we significantly decreased other services
or increased library staff. Even then, would we be liable when the student's
friend checked out the book for him or her or if they simply skirted the issue
by reading it in the library but not checking it out?
I'm the mother of a six year old, and I know that what matters the most is what
lessons my husband and I teach my daughter and how we model them. Though
still young, she has already had numerous tests pitting what she knows is right
for her and what others (peers, adults) say is right for her. That value
judgement is the most important gift I can give her, and unless I plan on
following her around the rest of her life, the best insurance I have.
Just my personal opinion.
Dana Bart-Bell
Library Media Teacher
bartbell@smmusd.org
Santa Monica High School
Santa Monica, CA 90405
David Lininger wrote:
> At 04:13 PM 1/31/02, DEFRANK, KAREN wrote:
>
> >What if the subject matter was different? What if the parent said no books
> >about sex education? Of homosexuality? The student still has a right to
> >those materials, I believe.
>
> I would disagree. If the parents say "No," then that's the answer. The
> student does NOT have a right to those materials. Parents, not the school,
> have the ultimate responsibility for their children. Therefore they have
> the ultimate say about what their children may or may not read.
>
> David Lininger, kb0zke
> LMS, Hickory County R-1 Schools
> Urbana, MO 65767
> mailto: tss003@mail.connect.more.net
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