– There have been more than 200 instances of public school districts in Florida banning books since last July, the third highest number of incidents of any state in the U.S., according to a report from an advocacy group for writing professionals.
The school districts were in Brevard, Clay, Flagler, Indian River, Orange, Pinellas and Polk counties. The report said that in Orange County, home to Orlando, school leaders pulled books without following their own processes. In nearby Polk County, 16 books were put in “quarantine" while officials decided whether to ban them permanently after a conservative national advocacy group, not a local parent, flagged them as problematic, the report said.
'Free State of Florida', indeed 🙄
No surprise here to many so called Christian fools in this once great State of Florida.
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