School librarian recalls ‘surreal' police visits over books months before new Missouri law
Last fall, at school board meetings across the country, parents who were upset about COVID-19 precautions began to speak out about another grievanc...
Last fall, at school board meetings across the country, parents who were upset about COVID-19 precautions began to speak out about another grievance — school library books. In the St. Louis region, groups of parents went to board meetings to read aloud passages they said were sexually explicit, calling the books 'criminal.'St. Louis Public Radio has now confirmed they were also calling the police and in one local high school in the Wentzville School District, after receiving angry voicemails, a police officer responded.