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Horses Book Challenge Lassoed in MontanaHelena (Mont.) Public Schools Superintendent Bruce Messinger has backed the recommendations of a materials-review committee that the book Horses by Juliet Clutton-Brock remain on the shelves of the Smith Elementary School. The reconsideration was the result of objections filed by Helena parent Roxanne Cleasby to the content of two of the book’s 92 pages. Cleasby challenged the author’s treatment of evolution as a scientific fact instead of a theory. “I just want my daughter to be able to question and have the freedom to make her own choices,” she said in the March 27 Helena Independent Record. Cleasby has until mid-April to decide whether to appeal the decision to the full school board. Should she do so, Messinger has indicated that the board has “several other options” besides removing or retaining the book. “It doesn’t have to always be one or the other,” he said. The complainant has already discussed with officials the possibility of including books that present the creationist viewpoint in school-library collections. Posted April 2, 2004. |
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