A Flagler County school district-level committee will meet for the first time on Monday to take up the appeal of a decision not to ban the novel Sold from library shelves at Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School.
The make-up of the committee is not in line with school board policy, giving parents and community members a lopsided presence on the panel–at the expense of district staff and faculty. The make-up of a second appeals committee waiting in the wings is even more lopsided, severely diminishing the role of school and district staffers.
The 14-member appeals committee is made up of members of the community who don’t have children in public schools, parents with children in schools, and district administrators and school faculty. The non-district representatives were drawn from upward of 70 people who turned up or showed interest in being part of such…
