Once again, we are celebrating our freedom to read books that others would rather we not. A few years ago, we explained the process for challenging a book in our schools. You can read that post here: You can’t believe they’re reading that $&%^*% book!
Here are the books that have been challenged in Carroll County Public Schools and the outcome since we last posted on the list in 2014.
| Date | Title | Author | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | No Shoulder | Nina Shengold | Removed – Not reviewable – not in approved curriculum |
| November 2014 | Web 2.0 Tools – Animoto, BrainPop, Classflow, Edmodo, Poll Everywhere, Prezi, Socrative | Retain as Digital Resources | |
| November 2014 | Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | Retain in high school English curriculum |
| February 2016 | Heroin Kills – Video | Sharon Weaver | Retain as instructional resource for 8th grade Health Curriculum |
| April 2016 | In A Dark, Dark, Room and other Scary Stories | Alvia Schwartz | Retained at elementary level |
Our last post: Happy Banned Books Week!