Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. The guidance by Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board’s attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project (FFTRP) through a public records request and shared with Popular Information. FFTRP requested “electronic records of district and school decisions regarding classroom and library materials.” In response, FFTRP received a document memorializing a July 24 conversation between Vianello and district librarians, known in Florida as media specialists.

  • @morphballganon
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    81 year ago

    So what happens to the books that get removed?

    Trash? Donated to public libraries?

      • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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        41 year ago

        Wait, was the book title actually localized to Celsius when it was exported? In America the original book is titled Fahrenheit 451, which honestly rolls off the tongue fairly well.

        • @morphballganon
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          31 year ago

          I think they said it the way they did to make it clear they were talking about the library books burning, rather than referring to the book with that title

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          No too my knowledge the titwl was never localised in any way besides too accomadate other languages ways of writing fahrenheit