"Spotsylvania County schools will not remove “sexually explicit” books from library shelves or conduct a full audit of library holdings—but some School Board members said they will continue to take a stance against the inclusion of what they view as offensive material in school library books.
The board on Monday night rescinded last week’s directive to pull books with “explicit” content from shelves amid backlash from the public.
The 5–2 vote was not supported by Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail or Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, who last week made comments about burning books with such content.
“I think we should throw those books on the fire,” Abuismail said at the Nov. 8 school board meeting, while Twigg said many “would like to see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff.”
The board’s vote came shortly after midnight, following four-and-a-half hours of public comment from dozens of parents, students, teachers and librarians. Nearly all of those who made comments at the special-called meeting spoke passionately in support of libraries and books."
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