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Texas ISD pulls Bible from schools, announces sweeping book removals after months-long review process
Chron ^ | August 16th, 2022 | Dan Carson

Posted on 08/18/2022 8:29:20 AM PDT by shadowlands1960

Keller ISD has opted to remove all challenged books from its schools, seemingly voiding the results of a long and meticulous review undertaken by staff and parents.

Administrators at Dallas-Fort Worth's Keller ISD announced Tuesday that the district will pull all books challenged within its system—a sweeping action that includes the removal of all variations of the Bible and a graphic novel depicting the life of Anne Frank. The move is a seemingly abrupt course reversal for the district, which began a high-profile and months-long review of challenged works in its schools following a Texas Education Agency investigation into alleged sexual explicit materials found in its curriculum.

The Dallas Morning News' Taila Richman reports that an email sent Tuesday to school principals by Jennifer Price, curriculum director of Keller ISD, relayed a new directive that urged staff to pull all titles flagged for review by day's end regardless of past recommendations made during the review process.

"I need all books pulled from the library and classroom," Price wrote, per Richman. "More information will be sent regarding action for these books...once this has been completed, please email me a confirmation. We need to ensure this action is taken by the end of today."

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Still the temperature that paper burns....

1 posted on 08/18/2022 8:29:20 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

And Jessie Kelly keeps telling me to move from California to Texas.... red-stater heal thyself....


2 posted on 08/18/2022 8:30:16 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: shadowlands1960

So We the People lost WWII


3 posted on 08/18/2022 8:33:20 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: shadowlands1960

I am sure these nitwits will soon feel the wrath of their constituents.


4 posted on 08/18/2022 8:34:40 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: shadowlands1960

Once again, Keller has new guidelines to address complaints about books. They pulled every book, including The Anne Frank diary, that got a complaint. They will review each book, and if it meets current guidelines, place it back on the shelf. Every complaint gets equal treatment. The world is not on fire.


5 posted on 08/18/2022 8:34:45 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: shadowlands1960
Great T-Shirt!


6 posted on 08/18/2022 8:36:37 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Savage Rider

Yes. I’m sure Christian orientated literature will receive a fair and considerate review from ‘the board.’


7 posted on 08/18/2022 8:36:51 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: shadowlands1960

Is the Koran still allowed?


8 posted on 08/18/2022 8:36:59 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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"Variations of the Bible"

A porno comic take off depiction of the Andde Frank Diary.

I think parents are finally speaking up....and the boards are even listening.

9 posted on 08/18/2022 8:37:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: shadowlands1960

The process of dumbing down continues, and people wonder why a mail order president falls down on the job. Unfortunately, it may get worse as this country has seen its better days.


10 posted on 08/18/2022 8:37:39 AM PDT by Saintgermain
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To: shadowlands1960

Texas!!

Are we losing or what?


11 posted on 08/18/2022 8:39:46 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: shadowlands1960
So the ninnies in the administrators at Dallas-Fort Worth's Keller ISD can be manipulated by any whiner who comes along and says they want to "challenge" a book.

Howabout I challenge the Koran? Is that in the library?

12 posted on 08/18/2022 8:40:00 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: no-to-illegals

Well, sort of.

The children of Fascists are in control of the WEF and the World Bank and they still want to rule the World.

They have agents in many Federal and State government positions, the media and academia.

USA stood in their way the last time they tried, Lots of our blood was spilled and almost all of those who fought are gone now. (my father died in March of 2021)


13 posted on 08/18/2022 8:40:14 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Sacajaweau

Yes. I have no problem with the ‘Anne Frank porn’ getting pulled... question would be why it was there to begin with? To pull every single controversial book though? What I would propose is making critical thinking courses compulsory.. and starting early in the process... not Sr. High School when the ruts the mind runs in are already well grooved...


14 posted on 08/18/2022 8:42:02 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: shadowlands1960

Let’s all be stupid together.


15 posted on 08/18/2022 8:42:09 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: Tell It Right

What about the Communist manifesto?


16 posted on 08/18/2022 8:42:31 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Tell It Right

I don’t care if the Koran is there.. or any other tradition...


17 posted on 08/18/2022 8:42:47 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: shadowlands1960

It is not the original version of The Diary of Anne Frank. It is a fag version. As far as the Bible, it will go back on the shelves.


18 posted on 08/18/2022 8:43:08 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: aquila48

Marx is political and economic philosophy... not usually a subject that is even covered in grade school. If Marxism is covered, criticism of Marxism should be too.


19 posted on 08/18/2022 8:45:09 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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Bible Burning

20 posted on 08/18/2022 8:45:54 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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