PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—On Aug. 10 Polk County Schools will be in session and so will 16 book titles that some parents found “objectionable” at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
Some parents believe that the books violate Florida law.
In February, the school board voted to pull the 16 titles from the shelves of school libraries and quarantined them until further review.
During a school board workshop that month, Polk County school superintendent Frederick Heid told those in attendance that a total of 56 books had been initially identified as being in violation of Florida law, but later narrowed the list to 16.
A file image of a school library. (John Moore/Getty Images)
In response to growing concern from parents and worries over Florida statutes—more importantly F.S. 547.012, which deals with the distribution of obscenity to minors, a third-degree felony—Heid formed a review committee to evaluate the “questionable titles.”…