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I'm loath to ban any books, but I'm going to agree with queentess. I think there are some books that should not be taught in school. As an extreme example, imagine if you found out your son's freshmen English teacher was "teaching" from A Modern Look at Pedophilia: Children Deserve Love Too. Like I said, an extreme example and not very likely, but it makes the point that some books shouldn't be used as teaching material.
The board members that decided to ban the books actually read the books in question, and decided whether or not they were appropriate based on age approriateness and the degree of explicit language, drug use, promescuity, etc. I really don't have a problem with the boards review of the books. They even decided that one of the books, Speak, was outstanding and should be taught in school (I agree with them here too; the book is outstanding). However, like queentess, I disagree with banning any of the books from the school library. It is one thing to ban "teaching" the book, but something different to ban the book entirely (and banning a classic like Slaughterhouse Five from the library is rather stupid).
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