PEN America: Marietta, GA School Board Upholds Ban on Flamer, Book by Mike Curato
November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023:
The Marietta School Board voted Thursday in a "special called" meeting to uphold a ban on Flamer by Mike Curato. The early morning vote followed two appeal attempts from a parent to reinstate the book in the school district's collection after it was banned by the district's Superintendent following another parental challenge.
Kasey Meehan, director of the Freedom to Read progr . . .
The Marietta School Board voted Thursday in a "special called" meeting to uphold a ban on Flamer by Mike Curato. The early morning vote followed two appeal attempts from a parent to reinstate the book in the school district's collection after it was banned by the district's Superintendent following another parental challenge.
Kasey Meehan, director of the Freedom to Read progr . . .