<div dir="ltr">Good afternoon, collective mind!<div><br></div><div>I had an email from an 8th grade LA teacher this morning asking what we should do about 8th grade students reading books that we know to be extremely mature, and not professionally recommended for their age group. Specifically, many of our 8th graders are reading Colleen Hoover books. <b>These are books they have NOT gotten from the school or classroom library</b>, which makes me inclined to think it's none of our business, and we should do nothing.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the teacher is concerned because she does reading conferences about independent reading books, and keeps records of the books students choose to read. They have complete freedom over the books they choose for independent reading, but the reading itself is assigned and tracked (20 minutes a day is assigned), <b>making it technically curricular.</b> </div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any thoughts about how to balance students' privacy and intellectual freedom with the LA teacher's responsibility in loco parentis?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your insight!<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="124"><col width="357"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:81.08105468750001pt"><td style="border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:106px;height:107px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_6eG0FO4b1JZ0CSkhPhZTfaqU9A7yVTrbuow8mLni-HcTgZThRzfshk73SE6UtdJ6DX1vmDe6bapvxsx1P61qOEgZ5wACxIYlhTJQoQme5edufefQg-w1vmi73-Edy_eSpnQ52rZVYSKGIwDUjRFRMn7rZbXnj3vVhD1FGfUuRNrbbxjFj4ZeN7JPA" width="106" height="107" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Claire Greene, Director of Resource</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(She | Her)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Northbrook Junior High School</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Northbrook District 28</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1475 Maple Avenue</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Northbrook, IL 60062</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.northbrook28.net/NBJH" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.northbrook28.net/NBJH</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">847-498-7920</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthbrookJuniorHighD28" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:25px;height:25px"><img src="https://lh3.goo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