Mallory said she took the step after a “very specific answer to prayer,” and added, “It’s not easy, the criticism, but I’m trying to do what’s right.”
Gwinnett County School System spokesperson Sloan Roach told the Daily Post that Mallory “certainly has a right” to appeal, but the school board expects that the appeal will affirm the state board’s decision.
Mallory claims that supporters have supplied “significant donations” for her legal fees, the Associated Press reported January 17, and she has contacted a potential expert witness who could testify in court.
The Harry Potter series topped the list of most challenged books of the 21st century, according to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Posted January 19, 2007.