Anyone have restricted book lists at your kids' schools?

[kay1864]

How are the books restricted--are they in a special "behind the counter" section of the school library, or are the books just coded in the computer as restricted? (note that the second approach doesn't prevent the child from reading the books, but only prevents him/her from checking them out of the library)

Does the school send a list of restricted books each year?

I'm asking because an Atlanta-area fundie is trying to ban the Harry Potter books in her county (I've posted two threads in GD on the topic, as have other DUers). She's almost certain to fail, but I got to wondering how these restricted book lists work.

[justice1]

1. No, many banned books are required reading here.

[thereismore]

2. Banned books? What do you mean? nt

[greekspeak]

5. If I can gather, some teachers require books once banned as reading

I had a teacher that did this. It was our "banned books" project. I think it was designed to open our minds to censorship. Since there were no banned books for us at the time, we had a pretty wide open field.

[jojo54]

3. Yeah, many years ago - it's better now.

Years ago (more than I would like to mention), my high school english lit class was looking forward to reading Catch-22 and the board decided it was too questionable(?). My teacher was pretty cool so it became an unspoken collaberation that we could read it if we wanted. Then a month later, an assignment was to get into groups, read what we wanted and discuss it amongst ourselves - kind of like Dead Poet's Society. There were few in the class that choose another title. It turned out very well and I found out that some years later the board finally agreed to Catch-22, and some other books being allowed on the reading list.

[kay1864]

4. Actually though, I was asking about restricted lists

not banned lists. Sorry for not clarifying:

Restricted lists: Students can read (check out?) the books only if they have parental permission

Banned lists: Books are banned from the library altogether

As I understand it, the Harry Potter books are on the restricted list at the elementary school this woman's kids attend. But she wants the HP books banned altogether--and not just from her kids' schools, but from all 105 schools (elementary, junior high, and senior high) in the county.

Which got me to wondering how "restricted lists" work.