GET ME REWRITE: Menomonee Falls school superintendent David Muñoz offers no specifics as to why books were removed from high school library

 

Headline:  Waukesha Freeman, 10/27/2023

Here's his latest gibberish:

"To be clear, Board Policy and Procedure 365 sets a standard for content in the materials available in our School District’s libraries. This policy and procedure sets guidelines based on age/grade appropriateness with specific focus on limiting or excluding materials with sexual content and profanity.  [bold emphasis added]

"Again, these guidelines were in the previous versions of the policy and procedure and should have been adhered to prior to the revisions made in April of 2023. Upon my arrival, and with this knowledge, after meeting with two of my trusted administrators, I directed them to bring the District into compliance with Policy and Procedure 365. The 33 books removed are still available at several sources outside of the public school if parents individually choose to have them available for their own children. 

"My hope is that regardless of your position on this subject, looking at this from other perspectives will help lead to better understanding," Muñoz said in his statement.

Policy 365 is titled "Library Media Centers and Materials Selection".

Muñoz neglects to specify what section of this policy was violated.

One of the 'major goals' of school library media centers is to provide for personal interests, professional, educational, and recreational reading while promoting an appreciation of literature.  [bold emphasis added]

When it comes to books and reading, this goal casts a wide net.

One of the criteria for selecting library materials ties in directly in line with the above goal:  support and enrich the curriculum and/or students’ personal interests and learning.  [bold emphasis added]

As for a specific focus on sexual content and profanity, the current policy as published on the school district website provide no guidelines.

Moreover, the word 'sex'  or 'sexual' does not appear in the policy 365.

And the word 'profanity' does not appear in policy 365.

So which of the 11 materials selection criteria in the current policy is out of compliance?

David, it doesn't matter what was in the previous policy.  What matters is the language in the current policy approved by the board of education on April 11, 2023.

Something fishy is going on in Menomonee Falls.

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