RBUSD parent’s comments lead to further online controls, book policy review
by Garth Meyer Two complaints aired this fall by a parent in the Redondo Unified School District have led to tightening of its online protections and a review of library and classroom book policies. “12 years old. See something, say something,” Monique Grant said to the school board in September, then proceeded to read aloud expletive-language and stark phrases from books offered in a middle school classroom and library. Two weeks later, she brought her child’s Chromebook and purported to show what “inappropriate” material could be summoned on it. The books, which Grant did not name in front of the school board, are from the “Heartstopper” series by Alice Oseman. Grant came across them byway of a syllabus for parents to sign, which included information about an Adams Middle School classroom library – the books used for silent reading in class. They were also on shelves in the school’s main library. Would this literature, as Grant described it to the RBUSD board, be in line with district policies and guidelines? “Normally no, I wouldn’t think so,” said Board President Raymur Flinn a few days after Grant’s comments. “We absolutely have guidelines, and it’s handled through the…
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