Warning! Scanned pages from these books contain profanity, drug use, and visual or written descriptions of sex, homosexual sex, rape, abortion, child sexual abuse, pornography, etc.
These are books listed in the Clear Creek ISD's own online library catalogs. Some are even in the intermediate school libraries! Remember, just because a book is not currently checked out doesn't mean it has never been checked out. Kids can also read the book in the library if they don't want their parents to know that they checked it out or if they don't want to carry it around.
Running With Scissors was published in 2002 has has been republished with a different cover. Publishers do this to update and remarket a book. The contents are still the same.
Plano ISD parents filed a book reconsideration request on this book in their high schools. A six-person book reconsideration committee with the district all read the book and unanimously decided to remove the book from Plano ISD school libraries due to its inappropriate content. As you read the scanned pages from the book, I'm sure you will agree that it is completely inappropriate for a school library. I can't warn you enough about the graphic nature of the scanned pages from this book and the others to follow.
I have included several scanned pages from the books or excerpts, and please know that this isn't all of the inappropriate material found in these books. These books obviously have no place in a public school library at any level.
These are just SOME of the extremely inappropriate books that Clear Creek ISD students are checking out of their school libraries without their parents' knowledge or consent.
What can parents in Clear Creek ISD do?
· Tell the school that your child is not allowed to check out any books in the library or read any books in the library. You will provide books from home for silent reading time at school. Send an email to the principal, classroom teacher/s, and school librarian so you have it for documentation. Teachers sometimes have books like this in their classroom libraries, so you can include that your child cannot read books in the teacher's classroom library either.
· Email your concerns to the campus principal and district superintendent.
· Sign up to voice your concerns at the school board meeting.
· Share this information with other parents, church pastors, neighbors, etc.
· Form a group of concerned parents to work together to fill out library book reconsideration forms to get the books removed and to support each other when speaking at school board meetings. There is strength in numbers, and if only a few people show up to the meetings the school board will assume that most people don't care.
· Help get conservative candidates elected to the school board. Volunteer to help their campaigns by putting up yard signs, knocking on doors, helping with text messaging campaigns or voicemail campaigns, helping with clerical duties at their campaign headquarters, etc.
What else is going on in your child's school? Get informed and get involved!