Re: [LM_NET] Controversy in a Mass. school

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

more info at:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/29/arrested_father_had_point_to_make/

http://www.article8.org/  has article also and has selected pages of the
book in question.

There is information about the bookbags on the school website:
http://estabrook.ci.lexington.ma.us/Diversity/diversitybookbags.html
With link from front page (updated 4/29, last wayback machine version
from Sept 04 doesn't show it)

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Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific MS
Vancouver, WA
http://pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
Librarian in the Middle blog @ http://beiffert.net



> This article was posted on a local newspaper bulletin board.

> http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4429917/detail.html
>

> What is not entirely clear to me is whether or not the book was being
> taught in the classroom or if the boy just checked it out in the library.
> In my school system there is a much more stringent approval process to
> get a book approved for classroom use.

> I'd like to know other people's thoughts on this situation.

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