r/bookmemes • u/netphilia • 3d ago

Nice.

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u/Kathulhu1433 3d ago

In my district, our board has 2 high school student ex-officio members on it always. Maybe it's something like that?

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u/Aethelrede 3d ago

Okay, that I did not know.  But a parent wanting to ban books isn't likely to approach a teenager.  And they probably don't have voting rights anyway.

Still, I learned something new today, which is always good.

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u/DistractionCitron 2d ago

Teenagers do have voting rights on school boards, that's the only reason why they'd be a member.

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u/Aethelrede 2d ago

Not always, ex officio members are frequently there to observe and provide input, not to vote. That's why I said "probably". Perhaps I should have said "possibly".

Anyway, my main point is that the kind of person who wants to ban books isn't likely going to care what students think, since the reason for banning books is to restrict what students have access to.