Book removed from K-5
Graphic novel ‘Little Rock Nine’ about integration is pulled from lower schools
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN Editor
After a complaint from a parent, the Wakulla County School administration pulled the graphic novel “Little Rock Nine” from elementary schools as “too intense” for elementary school aged children.
The district argued the book was not banned, but is available to older students in middle and high school.
Assistant Superintendent Sunny Chancy released a statement last week that read:
“In accordance with Florida Statutes, and Wakulla School Board Policy, concerns regarding curriculum from parents and community members are appropriately reviewed. The outcome of the review for the book in question was the recommendation to move the book from elementary school to a grade level deemed more appropriate. This does not constitute a ban, as WCSB students will still have the opportunity to read the book during their K-12 experience.”
Reportedly, the initial complaint was filed by a parent of a third grader.
The district noted the book has numerous uses of the N-word in it.
The book is about the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, by nine students in 1957.
