@neilhimself We just packed up my wife's classroom library yesterday, maybe 400 novels (edit: kid says 40+ per box x 20 boxes, they counted), based on official guidance from more than one direction. State law here is specific to sexual content but nebulous in nature, and parents are challenging books based on things outside the law, enough that the risks are just too great for our family.

The books could be kept on the shelves if:

• a list is provided to parents, opening teachers to attack and lawsuits from previous exposure
• the books are reviewed for content, but the language in the law allows for differences in opinion to turn into lawsuits against both the district and the teacher
• a permission slip is signed for a student to read a specific book

Under cover of night, Romeo (age 16) and Juliet (age 13) consummate their marriage. Hard not to admit it includes "content involving human reproduction or sexual matters" when the price of failure is a felony. If adopted curriculum (Gatsby, Mockingbird, 1984, Giver, Outsiders), stuff read by most students in US public schools over the last 40 years isn't considered safe anymore, modern young adult fiction doesn't stand a chance. 📚💔