He added that he hopes that all members of the community understand how this campaign to ban books connects with the First Amendment. And I think that it’s important for us as a school district, that if we truly are being inclusive, that we’re thinking about our LGBTQ+ students and we’re offering them some texts which would help them,” Sokolowski said. School library are not books that students are required to read as part of a specific curriculum. “I think it’s important too that we recognize that school libraries are places where students have choices. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor The flyer targets nearly 100 books in district libraries. The misleading flyer even identifies and targets history books in WCASD high school libraries such as “Queer America: LGBT History in the 20th Century” and “Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution.” The anti-LGBTQ flyer also incorrectly says that the district “spent over $400,000 on critical race theory staff training,” among other falsehoods.Īfter obtaining a photocopy of the flyer, WHYY News reached out to the school district, which was already made aware of the flyers’ existence by community members.Īnonymous flyers like this one have been circulating throughout West Chester. Just weeks after the West Chester Area School District’s board voted 8-1 to keep “Gender Queer: A Memoir” in high school libraries, an anonymous flyer campaign is now targeting the rest of the district’s book collection that features LGBTQ themes.įound in areas throughout the district, the heading of the double-sided flier includes a big, black shield with the words “Protect Our Children.” It goes on to falsely assert that the district’s middle and high school libraries contain over 80 books with sexually explicit content - and it provides examples.
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