[Frantzie]

“..parent complained that the book includes sexually explicit material and homosexual themes..”

Good for the parent.

[kalee]

Anne’s father did not want this version published and I think we should respect his wishes. I had my children read the older version which I had read in high school.

[ansel12]

Why assign that book anyway when they assign so few books, this is much more appropriate and helpful to American students and our national culture.

http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Early-American-Boy-Americana/dp/0486436667

[highlander_UW]

Some of the extra passages detail her emerging sexual desires; others include unflattering descriptions of her mother and other people living together.

And just why did they feel the need to utilize something other than the original version of the book that didn't include these passages? The point of the book isn't sexuality but living under totalitarianism, bravery and the costs of doing what is right.

[wintertime]

Culpeper's policy on "public complaints about learning resources" calls for complaints to be submitted in writing and for a review committee to research the materials and deliberate,

A parent knows his or her child better than any committee. If a parent feels that it is inappropriate, then it likely is! So?....Instead of these matters being handled **privately** by **private** agreement between a parent and a **private** school teacher and principal, we have "committees" deciding what will be appropriate for the state's children.

Fundamentally, at its core government schools, the First Amendment and freedom of conscience are utterly incompatible.

The government must make a binary decision. It includes the book or excludes it. Regardless of the decision the government will trample the freedom of conscience of some of the parents and students, and likely the taxpayers who are under police threat to pay for it.