A motion by a Glynn County (Ga.) School Board member to remove from the curriculum and libraries of the district’s two high schools any literature containing profane words failed for lack of a second at a September 10 meeting.
Introduced in July, the proposal stemmed from parent complaints about the content of Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, according to reports from NBC affiliate WJXT-TV and the Brunswick News. The policy amendment read, “To support the philosophy of a wholesome, meaningful and worthwhile education leading toward the character education of each student, the use of profanity will not be used in any instructional program or activity.”
“When my son went through school and read those books, he got good messages about being a moral person,” Burroughs-Molette Elementary School media specialist Judy Teston told board members at the meeting.
Posted September 17, 2001.