Library Materials Selection and Adoption
The Board believes the responsibility of the school library is to:
Gifts of library books are accepted in keeping with the above policy on selection as well as the Board’s policy on accepting gifts. Complaints about library books are handled in compliance with Board policy on complaints about the curriculum or instructional materials.
CITIZEN’S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY/CURRICULUM MATERIALS
The Board believes the responsibility of the school library is to:
- Provide materials that enrich and support the curriculum, taking into consideration the varied interests, abilities and maturity levels of the students served;
- Provide materials that stimulate growth in factual knowledge, literary appreciation, aesthetic values and ethical standards;
- Provide a background of information, which enables students to make intelligent judgments in their daily lives;
- Provide materials on opposing sides of controversial issues so that young citizens may develop, under guidance, the practice of critical reading and thinking;
- Provide materials representative of the many religious, ethnic and cultural groups and their contributions to our American heritage and
- Place principle above personal opinion and reason above prejudice in the selection of materials of the highest quality in order to ensure a comprehensive collection appropriate for the users of the library.
Gifts of library books are accepted in keeping with the above policy on selection as well as the Board’s policy on accepting gifts. Complaints about library books are handled in compliance with Board policy on complaints about the curriculum or instructional materials.
CITIZEN’S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY/CURRICULUM MATERIALS