Support for book bans varies in Maryland school board races

[RandySF]

Colt Black is many things: a mortician, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a father, a husband and a candidate for the Frederick County Public School Board. He’s also a self-professed First Amendment absolutist.

So, when Black was asked about what material should be available to Frederick County students in their school libraries, his response followed suit.

“I don’t support book bans,” he said.

Yet like many Maryland school board candidates, Black’s detailed views on the book issue are nuanced. In his vision for Frederick County Public Schools, any book, whether it be instructional or recreational, would be reviewed in committee and public hearings before making its way onto school shelves.


https://marylandmatters.org/2024/11/04/support-for-book-bans-varies-in-maryland-school-board-races/

[murielm99]

1. Librarians are trained in selection.

They also have a variety of tools available, like School Library Journal, that offer professional help with selection.

Amateurs have no business selecting books. Fuck that noise.

I subbed quite often in a school library that had an aide rather than a trained librarian running things. She did the selection. She had a year of college and a little bit of training. Her collection was slanted toward fantasy and books girls liked. It was a shame. It may have kept boys and readers with other interests out of the library and away from reading.