But after meeting privately in July with school officials, Perry told LubbockLights.com that \u201cEverybody\u2019s on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey get it, and they\u2019re going to find a way to do it. I think the district is very accepting and agreeable to meeting the intent of the Legislature at the same time, doing it in the most efficient way possible,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n
Nancy Sharp, board president, said, \u201cI feel like it was a very good conversation and we agreed to continue that conversation going in the future. \u2026 We will be having further conversations in August about some of the books over which concerns were raised.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trapped in process<\/p>\n
Parents spoke at the same school board meeting as Perry back in June. They complained of books describing murder, animal cruelty, drug and alcohol use, explicit sexual activities and profanity.<\/p>\n
Kathy Rollo, superintendent, said at the time she agreed books were available that were not appropriate for a school system.<\/p>\n
In the most recent legislative session, Senate Bill 13 required school systems to scrutinize library materials, give people the right to challenge books and give parents greater oversight of what their own children could check out from school libraries.<\/p>\n
In response, less than a year ago, LISD set up the SLAC or School Library Advisory Committee. It was a new process and SLAC inherited the work of a previous committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think, probably, the process got a little bit more unwieldy. \u2026 We\u2019re in that initial phase of implementation that left some things on the shelves that arguably shouldn\u2019t have been on the shelves,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n
Sharp said, \u201cSome of them had gone through a different process. And so, we\u2019ll be addressing that in August. \u2026 We were following the law as it had been interpreted by several attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the school district is not opposing the Legislature then what\u2019s the deal?<\/p>\n
Perry said, \u201cI don\u2019t think there was any nefarious undermining of what we tried to accomplish as a Legislature. \u2026 They just got trapped in transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even so, Sharp said parents still have control.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime a student checks out a book from a Lubbock ISD library, the parent is given a notification that their child has checked out that particular book \u2013 and can take action if it\u2019s not a book they want their child to read,\u201d Sharp said.<\/p>\n
Parents can also submit a list of books or authors in advance if they don\u2019t want their children to read. The school library will honor the parents\u2019 choice, Sharp said.<\/p>\n
Perry said, \u201cKathy [Rollo] told me that if a book\u2019s challenged, it\u2019s immediately pulled off the shelves.\u201d<\/p>\n
It then stays off the shelf until the SLAC can review it and the school can take a final vote.<\/p>\n
The next SLAC meeting is August 10, but no agenda had been published at the time of this article.<\/p>\n
Island Trees ISD v. Pico<\/p>\n
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