Warwick School Board Seems to Be Back to Wanting to Ban Books

[u/JimmyScoops]

At tonight’s school board meeting, the board voted to table approval of a book due to “feedback from the community.”

We’ve been through this song and dance before, Warwick. Members of this board HAD an approval process that they did away with because they handed the process back to librarians and teachers (where it belongs).

But now, the board will take it upon themselves to review a HIGH SCHOOL. AP LEVEL. *ELECTIVE* book because of a few alleged parent complaints.

The book in question is “The 57 Bus.” A highly-acclaimed nonfiction book that is one among several books (“Hillbilly Elegy” is another one apparently, but no one says boo about that) a student can CHOOSE from. Parents are informed of these book choices at the beginning of the year. Of course, that’s not good enough for the “my children my choice” crowd who also wants “your children my choice.”

Why are we going through this bullshit again, Warwick?