THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
THE CHANCE TO APPEAL.
JUDGE FRANK IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
A DECISION IN 30 DAYS OR LESS.
PROTESTORS INTERRUPTED A
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT
AND BROUGHT IT TO AN ABRUPT
END.
THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT
CHILDREN'S BOOKS PURCHASED BY
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
THE GROUP INCLUDED PARENTS,
TEACHERS AND CON MUNN FI
MEMBERS.
AS ANGELA DAVIS EXPLAINS,
THEY ARE DEMANDING THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT CAN SELL THE CONTRACT
WITH THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED
THE BOOKS.
Reporter: HOLDING SIGNS AND
CHANTING RHYMES THE GROUPS
SURROUNDED THE SCHOOL BOARD AND
SUPERINTENDENT.
[CROWD NOISE]
Reporter: HERE IS WHAT SET
THESE PARENTS AND TEACHERS OFF.
LITTLE BOOKS PART OF A READING
CURRICULUM WITH IMAGES AND
STORIES REINFORCING NEGATIVE
STEREOTYPES.
NOT ONLY APPALLED AS A
PARENT BUT I'M ALSO VERY
CONCERNED THAT THE DISTRICT
DOESN'T END THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THIS COMPANY.
Reporter: SEAN WEBSTER HAS
TWO YOUNG SONS WHO ATTENDS THE
SCHOOLS.
HE TOOK PART IN THE PROTEST.
THEY SAID IT IS PART OF THE
CURRICULUM FROM READING
HORIZONS IN UTAH AND THEY NEVER
MADE IT INTO ANY CLASSROOMS.
IT WAS A GROUP OF TEACHERS IN
TRAINING THAT DISCOVERED THE
BOOKS WERE INAPPROPRIATE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO
BUSINESS WITH FOLKS LIKE THAT.
Reporter: INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT ISSUED A
STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE
BOOKS WERE NOT VETTED.
WE NOW KNOW THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
THEY RETURNED THE BOOKS AND THE
COMPANY AGREED TO REVISE THEM.
I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT THIS
COMPANY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT.
Reporter: NOW PROTESTORS
WANT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
CANCEL ITS CONTRACT WITH THE
COMPANY.
THEY SAID THAT IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN SINCE THE COMPANY AGREED
TO REVISE THE STORIES AND THE
REST OF THE READING CURRICULUM
FROM THEM IS GOOD.
THE BULK OF IT IS GOOD THEY
SAY.
SOMEONE HAS TO LOOK AT IT
FIRST BUT ARE THEY GOING TO GO
BACK OCTOBER 13th TO THE NEXT
MEETING?
THE NEXT MEETING WHERE THEY
ARE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS IS ON
OCTOBER 13th.
THE PROTESTORS WILL BE BACK AND
IN LARGER NUMBERS.
THEY WERE THERE TO VOTE ON A
LEVY INCREASE, SO THEY WERE NOT
