[Sopater]

Earling said the school district’s summer reading list was prepared by a committee made up of teachers, librarians and school administrators. The board of education ultimately approved the list.

“They read the books,” he said. “They didn’t feel it was inappropriate based on the language that’s used, common language used on the street.” The superintendent said students have seen more graphic things on television or in the movies – and noted that only about a dozen people actually complained.

I can just see this smarmy academic elitist shrugging his shoulders and smuggly dismissing this as no big deal... we'll just update the list to include a rating system.

[JrsyJack]

I can just see this smarmy academic elitist shrugging his shoulders and smuggly dismissing this as no big deal

Chuck Earling is no academic, I am quite surprised he can even read. He is a typical bureaucrat that has spent his entire adult life on the public dole and quite frankly is too stupid to be qualified for a job in the real world.