Book challenges.
The Beardstown School Board will vote on whether remove from the library shelves the controversial book “Nineteen Minutes” at Wednesday’s school board meeting.
At last month’s meeting, Beardstown parent Stephen Griffin asked the board to remove the book and district librarian Sue Reichert defended the book as a valuable tool in anti-bullying curriculum.
And Of Mice and Men in Kansas:
A local mother wants Washington High School to remove John Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men" from the required reading list.
Dana Washington told KMBC's Dion Lim that she is upset over the use of the N-word.
"Of Mice And Men" is required reading at the high school.