The Escondido Union School District has temporarily shut down all its campus libraries after the discovery of a book containing allegedly sexually-explicit content.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The district says that during the closure, it will be conducting an audit of campus libraries.
“The safety and learning of our students are our top priority. The District has temporarily suspended library services to allow our library media technicians to conduct a thorough audit of our library collection. Unfortunately, it came to my attention that a book containing sexually explicit material was in one of our school libraries. As an elementary district that serves students from PK to 8th grade, we are committed to not introducing inappropriate material to our students.
The topic induced heated debate on social media sites, with some commenters praising the district for protecting children, while others slammed the district for closing off access to libraries to all children over concerns for one book. This week, the San Diego Public Library joined"Books Unbanned", a program started in Brooklyn and will allow readers from outside of San Diego to access digital and audio copies of some of the most commonly banned books in the country.
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