DANBURY TOWNSHIP, OH (Toledo News Now) -
Parents
packed a Danbury school board meeting Wednesday to speak their minds about a
controversial book their eighth-grade students are reading.
The
book, "Fallen Angels," has been banned in many other school districts, and now
some parents want the same in Danbury.
Those
against the book cite its foul language and graphic content, but others were
for the book about the Vietnam War, for its historical content. All parents
agreed, though, that parental consent should be required before students read
it.
An
executive session was held before the board meeting, where board members, the
superintendent, four parents, and the eighth-grade teacher who assigned the
book, met to discuss a solution.
"We
reviewed the whole process…and said, ‘What can we do to make it better?'"
Superintendent Dan Parent said. "It was brought up tonight that maybe we have
to do a better job of communicating with the parents in terms of a solution."
Greg
Dziak was one of the parents involved in the meeting. He said his 13-year-old
step-daughter was required to read the book out loud in class, though he was
never asked for his consent.
"Parents
of students will be involved in picking the literature," Dziak said of future
changes. "Next year there is also a new set of regulations for the schools on
what they can and can't have…And I don't believe the book will be in the school
next year."
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The school board listened to parents' comments and concerns.
