Here's another know-nothing Texas school superintendent at work.
The Judson Independent School District superintendent has pulled a critically acclaimed novel after a parent complained that it was sexually explicit and offensive to Christians.Ed Lyman pulled The Handmaid's Tale by Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood from the district's Advanced Placement English curriculum because he said he found some of the descriptions in the book too sexually explicit for high school students.
Lyman overruled the recommendation of a committee of teachers, students and a parent in agreeing to remove the book. The committee is appealing the decision to the school board. A meeting is scheduled Thursday night.
District policy allows parents who object to reading material to request their children be given an alternative assignment.
Note how the Super refused to follow his district's own review process when the committee didn't reach the conclusion he preferred. Once again, a whining parent has been allowed to dictate how other parents' children are, and are not, educated.
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Posted by Alan at March 22, 2006 12:40 PM