Several people wanted to address the Davis School District Board of Education Tuesday night.
Some, like Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, bristled that an unelected, volunteer committee had that much authority.
Asked about the poll results, Bramble said given the manner in which the question was framed, "I'm surprised it was that low. I would expect it to be close to 70% or 80% because the poll question to me has vestiges of 'Fahrenheit 451.' " Subgroups that reported the highest levels of opposition were Democrats, with 73% responding that they were strongly opposed and 18% that said they were somewhat opposed.
Mumford said the Davis School District Board of Education is undertaking a one-year study of its policy and possible amendments. "I look at it more as a refinement than an overhaul," she said. "As someone who was on the committees and read books in their entirety, my concern is when a book is recommended by the committee to be retained, and then the board votes without reading it in its entirety be removed, it feels like we need to take those committee's recommendations more seriously when making decisions to remove the remove the books from the schools," said Tara Cooper.
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