School officials discuss concerns over book in library

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Tonight officials with the Eau Claire Area School District met to discuss concerns over school library materials.

The district received a complaint about a book called Dragon Ball Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

The complaint stated that there were images of nudity and sexualized content in the book.

Because of the complaint, a committee of school officials and other experts, including parents, met to review the material.

The committee will give one of three recommendations: remove the material from the library entirely, move it into a different category of the library or keep the material as-is.

“We do want to be transparent with parents about what materials their children are checking out of the library. Part of that involves making sure parents have access to the information about what their children are checking out, and if parents do have concerns, they can meet with our Library Media Specialist and request their particular child does not have access to certain materials and we will honor that,” said Tim Mulrain, Director of Secondary Programming Reconsideration Committee for Challenged Library Materials.

Mulrain said the district always tries to address concerns about library content one-on-one with families, but if needed, a committee will meet to give their recommendation.

The Executive Director of Teaching and Learning will make a final decision about the materials within five days.

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