Some Kingwood parents are demanding what they call “pervasively vulgar and obscene” books be removed from Humble ISD libraries, challenging current district policy that allows students to check out controversial books with their parent’s permission.
in response to calls for the review and removal of books containing topics such as sexuality, LGBTQ+ subjects and critical race theory.Most efforts to ban books in Texas schools came from 1 politician and GOP pressure, not parents
With a child in the board room at the time, Shannon stopped short of reading aloud some of the more explicit excerpts they provided board members.“We have every faith and confidence that our district will do the right thing and take the lead on getting these books out. Currently, the process right now safeguards books, not children, and we'd like to safeguard children instead,” she said.
She appealed and ultimately, the decision was made to lock the book up in a room and accessible only with written parental permission.
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