Forsyth County School District in Georgia has been ignoring the concerns of parents who have spoken out against some of the reading material being made available to young children at its schools. In at least one case, a mother was banned from attending school board meetings after she read excerpts from books that contained problematic content.

Teachers Exposed reported that the conflict began in this case when the mother read parts of a book that is carried by her son’s middle school library. While reading the questionable parts out loud, she was continually cut off and not allowed to finish. The board told the mother and other parents they needed to provide the books to the media committee for review. Only one book can be reviewed at a time and the process can take up to 30 days, which has frustrated parents.

After the mother read aloud from books titled “Georgia Peaches” and “Other Forbidden Fruit,” chairperson Wes McCall stopped her and adjourned the meeting. He later sent her a notice informing her she would not be allowed to attend meetings in the future. The letter read:

Therefore, you are prohibited from attending meetings of the Board of Education until such time as you are willing to state in writing, to me, that you will follow the rules of the Board regarding public participation and that you will follow my directives as Board Chair during public participation.

Several other parents took issue with books included in school libraries, but the media committees denied their complaints. Here is their response:

After a thorough evaluation of the book, which included reading the entire book and carefully considering the specific objections, the committee voted to keep the book in the media center collection.

One of the books in question is titled “Call Me By Your Name.” The book, which was written in 2007 and made into a film in 2017, has raised controversy because it includes a relationship between an adult and a minor.

One parent sent a complaint to Vickery Creek Middle School, about a book titled “Shine,” that was also denied. The school teaches students from sixth to eighth grade. Here is an example of one of the passages that disturbed parents:

“You ain’t wearing a bra,” he murmured. His hand went back to my collarbone and kept on going, a tadpole slipping beneath a rock, that easy and quick. He squeezed my breast, grazing his thumb back and forth over my n*****. His voice grew husky. “You like that. huh?”

The left continues to insist that school districts are not pushing inappropriate material in their classrooms and libraries. But it seems that every week, new stories crop up proving that this contention is a lie. As with Critical Race Theory (CRT), progressives seem to be relying on a “see no evil hear no evil” strategy while pretending concerned parents are just trying to ban books. But it does not seem like they are fooling anyone except those who want to be fooled.

The fact that school districts would completely disregard valid concerns expressed by parents is unconscionable. However, this does not mean they will get their way in the end; we have already seen parents mobilizing to hold their educational institutions accountable when they pushed back against problematic teachings about racism in the classroom.

I predicted a while ago that issues related to gender and sexuality would become just as important – if not more important – than CRT. What we are witnessing now is only the beginning of what I expect will become a battle that will be fought on center stage soon.