Prospect Ridge Academy refuses to remove sexually explicit, pornographic material from the high school library catalog, which is funded by taxpayer dollars. The content includes graphic images and text depicting multiple sexual acts between both adults and minors. Beginning last fall, parents have notified the administration, librarians and the Board of Directors to this matter, but the material still remains in the library catalog, accessible to minor PRA high school students. This is not an effort to ban books. This is an effort to ensure that our school libraries are safe environments for all students by complying with laws intended to protect children. Please sign this petition if you believe that PRA should exclude sexually explicit, pornographic material from elementary, middle and high school libraries, including the graphic novel, “Gender Queer”, by Maia Kobabe.
Some graphic pages from “Gender Queer” can be found in this article: https://theiowastandard.com/shocking-images-from-book-gender-queer-which-is-stocked-in-school-libraries-across-iowa/
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Reached 250 supporters
April 8, 2022
April 6, 2022
The administration is still ignoring us despite the clear evidence we have provided. We need these signatures to hit two hundred fifty so they can no longer pretend this is just a small group of concerned people.
Reached 100 supporters
April 4, 2022
April 4, 2022
The days keep dragging on and the school board continues to ignore our concerns about these books. We need to reach one hundred signatures to prove we are not going away quietly. Please send this link to anyone else who understands why this material does not belong in our library.
125 Comments
This book does not belong in a school library where it can be checked out by minors. This has nothing to do with banning books or the rights of the LGBTQ community. This book is not appropriate, it is graphic pornography. Anyone who approved the purchase of this book should be fired since they clearly have no moral compass.
My children went to your school. I took them out because of a lack of boundaries amidst some of the adult leadership. After seeing this, I continue to be glad they are not longer there. This book is pornographic. It should not be allowed in the PRA library.
As a grandmother of 11, 5 who attend PRA. I am concerned. Protecting the innocence of children should be the priority of all who serve our precious children.
Even Amazon has the book Gender Queer listed for ages 18+. This is not a sexual education guide, it is written by a professional cartoonist. Not an educator, and they are not trained in child/adolescent development.
Having worked in an academic library for 17 years in the 1990s, in no way should these types of materials be acceptable in any library. What is wrong with you people?
Close the loophole in Colorado law exemption schools and libraries from obscenity under free speech.
It is vile and needs to be removed at once!
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Prospect Ridge Academy refuses to remove sexually explicit, pornographic material from the high school library catalog, which is funded by taxpayer dollars. The content includes graphic images and text depicting multiple sexual acts between both adults and minors. Beginning last fall, parents have notified the administration, librarians and the Board of Directors to this matter, but the material still remains in the library catalog, accessible to minor PRA high school students. This is not an effort to ban books. This is an effort to ensure that our school libraries are safe environments for all students by complying with laws intended to protect children. Please sign this petition if you believe that PRA should exclude sexually explicit, pornographic material from elementary, middle and high school libraries, including the graphic novel, “Gender Queer”, by Maia Kobabe.
Some graphic pages from “Gender Queer” can be found in this article: https://theiowastandard.com/shocking-images-from-book-gender-queer-which-is-stocked-in-school-libraries-across-iowa/
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
April 8, 2022
April 6, 2022
The administration is still ignoring us despite the clear evidence we have provided. We need these signatures to hit two hundred fifty so they can no longer pretend this is just a small group of concerned people.
Reached 100 supporters
April 4, 2022
April 4, 2022
The days keep dragging on and the school board continues to ignore our concerns about these books. We need to reach one hundred signatures to prove we are not going away quietly. Please send this link to anyone else who understands why this material does not belong in our library.
125 Comments
Remove the filth. Kids should not have access to porn and indecent reading materials. If we the parents can't read it at school board meetings without being censured by school board members it doesn't belong in the school library.
This book does not belong in a school library where it can be checked out by minors. This has nothing to do with banning books or the rights of the LGBTQ community. This book is not appropriate, it is graphic pornography. Anyone who approved the purchase of this book should be fired since they clearly have no moral compass.
My children went to your school. I took them out because of a lack of boundaries amidst some of the adult leadership. After seeing this, I continue to be glad they are not longer there. This book is pornographic. It should not be allowed in the PRA library.
As a grandmother of 11, 5 who attend PRA. I am concerned. Protecting the innocence of children should be the priority of all who serve our precious children.
Even Amazon has the book Gender Queer listed for ages 18+. This is not a sexual education guide, it is written by a professional cartoonist. Not an educator, and they are not trained in child/adolescent development.
Having worked in an academic library for 17 years in the 1990s, in no way should these types of materials be acceptable in any library. What is wrong with you people?
Close the loophole in Colorado law exemption schools and libraries from obscenity under free speech.
It is vile and needs to be removed at once!
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Remove the filth. Kids should not have access to porn and indecent reading materials. If we the parents can't read it at school board meetings without being censured by school board members it doesn't belong in the school library.