Conroe ISD Trustees Vote To Throw Out Thousands Of Classroom Books

Conroe ISD Board of Trustees approved a motion that allows thousands of recently removed books and other instructional materials to be sold, donated, recycled or discarded on Tuesday.On Tuesday, The Conroe ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve disposing of discontinued instructional resources — including more than 2,800 books related to the district’s recent removals.

A teacher who requested to remain anonymous said they were heartbroken by the district's decision,"I'm sickened. This is only slightly less aggressive than burning them ."The board’s action on these titles comes after teachers were asked to box up books that were a part of their classroom collections but were no longer permitted in the district amid ongoing book bans and restrictions.

Trustees received a multi-page report listing the other resources that would be disposed of alongside the books, some of which are still used by the State Board of Education, including paper workbooks. According to district records, 14 library books were reconsidered last month. Of these texts, eight were removed, and three were retained. Three more titles were removed from the junior high libraries, one of which was kept at the high school level. The other two are pending review at this level.

A formal book review allows the challenge before a reconsideration committee of an administrator, staff member, education, and randomly selected parents. The committee reads the book, discusses it, and decides whether the text will stay at the approved level. The challenger can then appeal this decision and take it to the board — the trustees have the final say over whether or not the book remains.

Another parent, Rachel Walker, called to attention the danger embedded in Conroe ISD’s recent book removals, of which many focus on texts that include LGBTQ+ characters. A handful of attendees thanked the three conservative “Mama Bears” Trustees Melissa Dungan, Tiffany Baumann Nelson, and Misty Odenweller, for protecting the children in the district from the “corrupt education system.” Others called for more to be done about the “ideologies” circulating across campus libraries.

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