{"id":37934,"date":"2022-03-25T07:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=37934"},"modified":"2022-03-25T07:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:12:25","slug":"angry-parent-reads-sexually-charged-passage-from-hs-library-book-to-school-board-board-member-cuts-her-off-says-children-could-be-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=37934","title":{"rendered":"Angry parent reads sexually charged passage from HS library book to school board. Board member cuts her off, says children could be listening."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-37935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parent_Addressing_School_Board-300x168.png\" alt=\"Parent Addressing School Board\" width=\"532\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parent_Addressing_School_Board-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parent_Addressing_School_Board-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parent_Addressing_School_Board.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Tom: LOL hilariously insane!)<\/p>\n<p>An angry parent read a sexually charged passage from a high school library book to a Georgia public school board Thursday, making the point that the book&#8217;s content is inappropriate for students.<\/p>\n<p>But upon hearing the parent read the steamy words from &#8220;Homegoing,&#8221; a Cherokee County School Board member cut off the angry parent.<\/p>\n<h3>Why?<\/h3>\n<p>Well,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/stacey-lennox\/2022\/03\/22\/think-your-deep-red-county-is-safe-from-radical-k-12-curriculum-think-again-n1567810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PJ Media<\/a>\u00a0reported that board member Patsy Jordan said it was &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; for the the parent to read the passage since the meeting was being streamed online \u2014 and children could be watching or listening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you find the irony in that?&#8221; the parent shot back at Jordan. &#8220;You\u2019re saying exactly what I\u2019m telling you! You\u2019re giving it to our children! I would never give this to my children!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/angry-parent-reads-sexually-charged-passage-from-hs-library-book-to-school-board\">https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/angry-parent-reads-sexually-charged-passage-from-hs-library-book-to-school-board<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Tom: LOL hilariously insane!) An angry parent read a sexually charged passage from a high school library book to a Georgia public school board Thursday, making the point that the book&#8217;s content is inappropriate for students. 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