Manatee School Board Chair Chad Choate III said the school board is just trying to protect teachers.
During another school board meeting in Pinellas County, school officials confirmed they, too, are working to align policies with state requirements. School officials said a group of library media specialists reviewed 94 books over the summer. “Anytime you restrict access to information to knowledge, it’s censorship. I don’t think there’s any other way to categorize it,” Falls said.
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