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I work at a parochial high school as a teacher and serve as the librarian
because no one else was and I have the training. I don’t have a collection
development plan or any of the other things that you are asking for.
However, I have a very supportive principal and a back up plan. If someone
were to challenge content I would talk to them about how it is better for a
student to confront hard topics at a school where they are surrounded by
teachers who know our church body’s doctrine rather than in a situation
where they don’t have that support. Now, I still look for YA literature
that isn’t super explicit, but I feel I have some latitude in what I look
for. I have also spoken to our theology teacher about creating an
assignment where students read books, pick out an issue that is doctrinally
wrong, and have to write about how to handle it with church teachings in
mind. That is something that may help you in the future as a way to justify
purchasing.

On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are having a bit of a book challenge here and my principal has asked me
> to collect some data from parochial schools on the topic of books for
> 6th-8th grade.
>
> I have some parochial school library specific questions-
>
>
>    - If you have a reconsideration form for a book that a parent objects
>    to, would you please share that form with me? Also, your written collection
>    development plan, please?
>    - What review sources do you use to acquire books for your collection?
>    - Does anyone consistently use Common Sense Media as the ultimate
>    decision maker as to whether or not to add a book to your collection? If
>    you do this, have you found any issues with doing this?
>    - Do you have a hot list of topics you have to avoid in your
>    collection?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Linda
>
>
> Linda Zeilstra Sawyer
> School Librarian
> St. Francis Xavier School
> 808 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=808+Linden+Ave,+Wilmette,+IL+60091&entry=gmail&source=g>
> (847) 256-0644
> Linda Zeilstra Sawyer
> School Librarian
> St. Francis Xavier School
> 808 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=808+Linden+Ave,+Wilmette,+IL+60091&entry=gmail&source=g>
> (847) 256-0644
>
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