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Staffing Pressures Reduce Flagler Public Library Hours from 57 to 52 a Week

March 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Stacks at the Flagler County Public Library, where hours are being reduced slightly, and simplified. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Public Library on Palm Coast Parkway will be open for five fewer hours starting April 3, as weekly total hours will fall from 57 to 52, with a more simplified schedule.

Would-Be Book-Banner Appeals Nowhere Girls Decision Even Before 14-0 Vote to Keep It

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The 14-member appeals committee meeting this evening in Bunnell. It was facilitated by Lashakia Moore, the assistant superintendent. (© FlaglerLive)

A 14-member district committee voted unanimously this evening to recommend keeping Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls,” a book deconstructing high school rape culture, on the shelves at Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School. The woman challenging the book filed an appeal to the school board even before the superintendent has weighed on.

Citing ‘Reason Above Prejudice,’ Superintendent Upholds Recommendation to Keep Sold on School Shelves

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

"Sold" was discussed at an appeals committee meeting on March 6. (© FlaglerLive)

Citing “principle above personal opinion and reason above prejudice,” Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt upheld the recommendation of a district appeals committee to keep Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” on human trafficking, on library shelves at high and middle schools.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: Amy Reed’s The Nowhere Girls, a Review and Recommendation

March 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Amy Reed's "The Nowhere Girls" was published in 2017. It has been frequently banned in various school districts and is facing an attempted ban in the Flagler County school district.

Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls,” a 2017 novel on high school rape culture and three girls’ attempt to counter it, is a #MeToo manifesto for young adults. It’s up for banning from Flagler schools. This review is a guide.

Yet Another Book Survives Ban as 2 Flagler High School Panels Vote to Keep Novel of McCarthy Era

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The joint committees of Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School meeting this afternoon at Matanzas. (© FlaglerLive)

A joint high school committee’s decision today to retain Malida Lo’s “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” was the sixth book in a row in about as many weeks that survived a challenge either on MHS or joint MHS-FPC school-level committees, or at the district-level appeals committee.

District Appeals Committee Votes Unanimously to Keep Sold on High School and Middle School Shelves

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The 11-member appeals committee meeting this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

An 11-member district-wide appeals committee this evening voted to uphold two school-based committees’ decisions to keep “Sold,” the fictional story of a 13-year-old girl trafficked into sexual slavery, on the library shelves at high and middle schools.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: McCormick’s Sold, a Review and a Recommendation

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Patricia McCormick's "Sold" challenged for banning in Florida

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” about the experiences of a 13-year-old girl sold into sexual slavery, is among the 22 books that a trio of “moms for liberty” have sought to ban from high school library shelves. A school committee voted to keep the book. The banners appealed the decision to a district committee, which meets on March 6. The following review is presented as a guide.

Against Policy, Flagler’s Book-Challenge Appeal Panels Dim Faculty and District Vote to Minority Status

February 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Assistant Superintendent Lashakia Moore at a Feb. 6 community meeting where most of the non-district employees looking to be appointed to book-review committees heard an orientation. The committee members were culled from that group. The first such appeals committee meets on March 6. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler County school district-level committee will meet for the first time on Monday to take up the appeal of a decision not to ban the novel “Sold” from school library shelves. The make-up of the committee is not in line with school board policy, giving parents and community members a lopsided presence at the expense of district staff and faculty.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club, a Review and a Recommendation

February 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Malinda Lo’s “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” is among the 22 books that a trio of “moms for liberty” have sought to ban from high school library shelves. A joint committee of Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high school faculty members and parent representatives meets on March 7 to decide whether to retain it or ban the book. The following review is presented as a guide.

Stony Silence as Commission Proclaims Flagler Reads Together and Book-Banning Title

February 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

In Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts, all bookshelves have been empties and the books pulped.

A rather joyless Flagler County Commission designated March as “Flagler Reads Together” month as the Friends of the Library chose Celeste Ng’s “Our Missing Hearts,” a novel of a dystopian America that bans books and represses minorities, as its chosen title.

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