Bodycam footage inside classroom shows Great Barrington police officer say they could 'search every room and ask every teacher' for book
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Bodycam footage obtained by The Eagle shows a police officer in an eighth grade classroom asking to see a copy of “Gender Queer,” and informing the teacher and school principal
    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      112·
      10 months ago

      This wasn’t required reading, it was a resource. These are also teenagers, the last grade before high school in my district. Some districts merge earlier, so I guess it would be ‘in a high school library’ at that point. I’m not sure why you’re so personally upset about a book that you haven’t read.

    • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      You decide when it’s appropriate for a kid to wonder about their sexuality. Can’t have kids deciding what they’re wondering about.