[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

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Fri Dec 2 12:09:15 CST 2016


Response from my high school English teacher is to remind parents what Pat
Conroy had to say....

http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/lemont-h-s-class-reading-list-questioned-parents/

Joan Sutherland
Arthur School District
teacher-librarian

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I'm a junior high media specialist, but my son attends Lemont High.
> Coincidences are can be strange and worrisome.  I was just reading the
> article about 15 minutes ago when I received one of those automated
> emergency phone calls from Lemont High School admin.  The school has just
> been evacuated... all students have been sent home at the request of the
> Lemont police authorities because of a threatening email received at the
> school.  No other details have been released yet.  Let's just hope these
> two events are unrelated.
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I think that it is important to recognize that in this instance, proper
>> procedures for adding content to the curriculum was not followed and thus,
>> this book was ripe for a challenge. Had the book been veted through the
>> procedures in place, the supporters would have had a stronger case for
>> keeping the book. A strong challenge policy that requires persons--both
>> challengers and reviewers--to have read the entire work also helps keep
>> material in the curriculum and on the shelves.
>>
>> There will always be people who do not like material for one reason or
>> another--religious viewpoint, sex, violence, language, etc.--and people who
>> underestimate students and overestimate the impact of a single reading
>> experience. I am a conservative (small c) parent, but I am not threathened
>> by literature (translate as enlightened). I recognize that I am different
>> and that others have different opinions about what is best for their
>> children. As a parent, I appreciate when there are reading choices as
>> opposed to assigned reading; as an educator, I realize that this can be
>> problematic. It is unfortunate, that in this case, it escalated to this
>> level. School boards who are elected officials often side with the
>> electorate.
>>
>> Gretchen Zaitzeff
>> Librarian
>> University High School
>> Normal, IL
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [
>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] on behalf of Email list for the
>> Illinois School Library Media Association [islma at list.railslibraries.info
>> ]
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2016 10:48 AM
>>
>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
>>
>> I agree completely with Brian Andrusyk. That is always one of my first
>> thoughts too, both as a parent and a teacher librarian. And why is it
>> always sexuality that is stripped down to minutia and itemized as
>> prohibited but not violence in general? Books with high levels of violent
>> content are rarely questioned or complained about as long as it isn’t
>> sexual violence. This drives me mental. If you are going to flag one type
>> of content then you must flag all types. Punching, hitting, beating,
>> killing, war, genocide; these are all serious things too and children will
>> need guidance, explanations and help understanding it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Final thought is, how can someone ever, *ever* label a rape scene,
>> especially of a child, as “porn”? Pornography is meant to entertain and
>> titillate. A rape scene in Maya Angelou’s book, or Laurie Halse Anderson’s
>> books, or the many, many other brave authors who have tried to shed light
>> on date rape and rape culture is meant to do just that; shed light and
>> expose a terrible wrong. Maya Angelou is telling her actual experience
>> meant to educate and shed light on wrongs done to her. The only way to
>> correct a wrong is to see the wrong in the first place.
>>
>>
>>
>> This stuff just makes my blood boil.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Kristen Rademacher*
>>
>> Librarian
>>
>> Eco Club Director
>>
>> 1 Book 1 Marist Director
>>
>> *Marist High School <http://www.marist.net/academics/arclibrary/>*
>>
>> 773.881.5356
>>
>> @1Book1Marist
>>
>> rademacher.kristen at marist.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:
>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for
>> the Illinois School Library Media Association
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2016 10:32 AM
>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
>>
>>
>>
>> Whenever I read articles such as this one, I always wonder one thing.
>> Why do people make a fuss over what their children are reading and not make
>> a fuss over what they are watching on television, at the movies, or viewing
>> on the Internet?
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Andrusyk
>> School Librarian/Sub Coordinator
>> IC Catholic Prep
>> www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Currently Reading:
>>
>> *The Eyre Affair* by Jasper Fforde
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [
>> mailto:islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info
>> <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info>] *On Behalf Of *Email list for
>> the Illinois School Library Media Association
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 2, 2016 10:13 AM
>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
>>
>>
>>
>> http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/lemont-h-
>> s-class-reading-list-questioned-parents/
>>
>>
>>
>> FYI. I like staying up on the happenings around the state.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gail Meyer, Librarian
>>
>> TF South High School
>>
>> gmeyer at tfd215.org
>>
>>
>>
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