Lake Travis ISD pulls, will review book deemed sexually explicit

>> THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY
OVER A SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK
IT’S BEEN PULLED FROM THE
SHELVES OF TO LAKE TRAVIS ISD
SCHOOLS FOR REVIEW, THESE
FIGHTS ARE NOTHING NEW BUT AN
EXPERT SAYS THEY’RE BECOMING
MORE HEATED. HE TELLS KXAN
INVESTIGATOR KEVIN CLARK, ONE
HOT SPOT IS CENTRAL TEXAS.
>> I WANT YOU TO START
FOCUSING EDUCATION THIS WAS AT
WEDNESDAY’S LAKE TRAVIS ISD
BOARD MEETING BECAUSE OF THE
TOPIC WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO
HEAR YOU MAY CONSIDER
INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUNGER
VIEWERS YOU CAN FIND THAT ON
PAGE 39.
>> OF THE BOOK CALLED OUT OF
DARKNESS LOCAL MOM CAROL BELL
READ A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
PASSAGE FROM A BOOK FOUND INTO
MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. I DO
NOT WANT MY CHILDREN ALL, AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE TRAVIS ISD
SAYS IT PULLED THE BOOK FROM
BEE CAVE IN HUDSON BEN MIDDLE
SCHOOLS, A DISTRICT
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE CONTENT
WILL BE REVIEWED WITH RESPECT
TO BOARD POLICY.
>> HE TOLD ME A DISTRICT
POSSESSES SIGNIFICANT
DISCRETION TO DETERMINE THE
CONTENT FOR ITS SCHOOL
LIBRARIES, ADDING A DISTRICT
MAY REMOVE MATERIALS BECAUSE
THEY ARE PERVASIVELY VULGAR OR
BASED SOLELY UPON THE

EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY OF THE
BOOKS IN QUESTION CENTRAL
TEXAS IS ONE AMONG MANY AREAS
IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE
>> HOT SPOTS FOR THESE
ERUPTIONS OF LOCAL ANGER IN
DISAGREEMENT, JONATHAN
FRIEDMAN IS WITH PEN AMERICA,
A GROUP THAT DEFENDS DIVERSITY
INCLUSION AND FREE EXPRESSION
IN LITERATURE. HE SAYS
CONTENDING VIEWS ABOUT WHAT
STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN OR AT A
BOILING POINT IN MARCH. WE
TOLD YOU SEVERAL BOOKS FROM
STUDENT LED BOOK CLUBS IN
LEANDER ISD HIGH SCHOOLS WERE
PULLED FOLLOWING BACKLASH FROM
PARENTS THE SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS DON’T SEEM TO KNOW
HOW TO RESPOND EXCEPT TO SAY
OKAY WILL WILL WILL REMOVE
THAT RIGHT AWAY.
>> THIS IS SETTING A TERRIBLE
PRECEDENT FRIEDMAN SAYS MANY
BOOKS WITH CONTENT HAVE
HOLISTIC VALUE TEACHING A
DIVERSITY OF VIEWPOINTS AND
EXPOSING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE
REALITIES OF THE WORLD THIS IS
ABOUT HAVING ACCESS FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF
LITERATURE, KEVIN CLARK, KXAN
NEWS.
>> KARA BELL AS A CANDIDATE
FOR A LAKE TRAVIS ISD SCHOOL
BOARD SEAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE SPOKE WITH HER BUT SHE DID
NOT HAVE TIME FOR