[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

Fri Dec 2 12:49:49 CST 2016

Apologies...let's try this again...
Response from my high school English teacher is to remind parents what Pat
Conroy had to say....

http://www.patconroy.com/articles_cg-10-07.php

Joan Sutherland
Arthur School District
teacher/librarian

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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.inf
>>> o]
>>> *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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>>
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>> *Amanda Kuzminski*
>> *Library Media Specialist*
>> Orland Junior High School
>> 14855 West Avenue
>> Orland Park, IL 60462
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