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Oklahoma parents on Tuesday night spoke out against explicit library books at a school board meeting. Stillwater Public Schools, which serves more than 8,300 students, says their library is selected by professional Library Media Specialists in a statement released to the media. The district said that there is a process by which parents may call for material to be reviewed, and they have not received any such requests recently. The parents were summoned to speak as their names were called to address matters on the meeting's agenda. "You guys probably are aware that TPS [Tulsa Public Schools] and Mustang Schools...

A Clay County parent’s dispute with his school board has gotten national attention after he had his microphone turned off while attempting to read a passage out of a book from the Fleming Island High School library, which he considered “pornographic.” Bruce Friedman is part of a national group called No Left Turn, which keeps a list of books parents have objected to across the country. He found at least three examples in Clay County Schools he wanted pulled from library shelves, including one book at the Fleming Island High School library, “Lucky” by Alice Sebold. The book’s description on...