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Originally Posted by anamardoll
But as far as I can tell, this wasn't a purchasing decision with regards to S5. The book apparently already existed and was removed. That is very different.
I don't disagree that a library can spend its limited funds how they wish. But I do not think that this case has anything to do with that hypothetical situation. 
EDIT TO ADD: Indeed, if the book was already bought and held in the library, then this decision is not only a concern from a separation of church/state issue and a rule-of-the-majority issue, but it's also FLAT OUT WASTEFUL.
My god, schools can barely make their budgets meet and we're spending time and money REMOVING purchased books from the library? Seriously? Gah. |
Yeah, huge difference to me between choosing not to buy something and buying it but then deciding to get rid of it.
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Originally Posted by queentess
The library should be designed to serve the majority. But this is a school, not a public library. The school receives funds, probably from the local community, so the local community should have input in what those funds are used to purchase. I'm not sure how school board voting at that particular school works, but voting at my high school was open to the public, and the public was welcome to show up and present their viewpoints.
I think it's very telling that several of the board members didn't show up to vote at all. I really wonder if this will stand up or if they'll end up back-pedaling.
And I must have missed something. What's "the SC"?
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The books were already bought. They had been in the library for a while. The vote was to remove them from the curriculum and from the library (although, I know that at least one of the books was not in the cirriculum). As far as the vote goes, at this particular school, based on the info I've read from various reports from both citizens and newspapers, the vote wasn't made well known before hand, and the only ones getting to vote were the 4 (of 7) board members present.