The advocacy group Power2parent is furious.
They say Clark County School District parents reached out after of a 10th grade honors English class at Palo Verde High School was given a reading list including a novel called "Fun Home".
THE GROUP OF PARENTS SAY THEEXPLICIT READING MATERIAL WASON THE SUGGESTED READING LISTGIVEN TO SEVERAL STUDENTS ATONE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL!
13ACTION NEWS ANCHOR NINAPORCIUNCULA JOINS US LIVE FROMPALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL...WHERE PARENTS ARE HOLDING APRESS CONFERENCE TODAY.THE ADVOCACY GROUP"POWER2PARENT" IS FURIOUS--THEY SAY CCSD PARENTS REACHEDOUT AFTER OF A 10TH GRADEHONORS ENGLISH CLASS WAS GIVENA READING LIST INCLUDING ANOVEL CALLED "FUN HOME"."FUN HOME" IS A COMING OF AGEMEMOIR BY ITS AUTHOR ALISONBECHDEL.THE STORY FOCUSES ON THE AUTHORAS SHE COMES TO TERMS WITH HEROWN SEXUAL IDENTITY AND ON HERRELATIONSHIP WITH HER CLOSETEDGAY FATHER BRUCE.WE FOUND IMAGES FROM THE BOOKONLINE BUT THEY ARE TOO GRAPHICTO SHOW ON T-V.POWER2PARENT CLAIMS THE NOVELSHOWS A NUMBER OF OBSCENITIESINCLUDING DEPICTIONS OF SEXUALACTS, AND DRUG USE, ALONG WITHOFFENSIVE ANTI- RELIGIOUSSENTIMENTS THAT ARE NOTAPPROPRIATE FOR MINORS.THE GROUP SAYS THE NOVEL WAS ONTHE READING LIST THAT WAS GIVENTO STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS 15.HOWEVER-- AFTER BEING NOTIFIED,THE PRINCIPAL FOR PALO VERDEHIGH SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY PULLEDTHE BOOK FROM THE LIST.PARENTS ARE STILL WORRIED THEBOOK COULD GET INTO THE HANDSOF STUDENTS IF TEACHERSDISREGARD THE STATE'S LAWREGARDING DISTRIBUTING OBSCENEMATERIALS TO MINORS.THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHY THEYWERE NOT NOTIFIED BEFORE HANDABOUT THE NOVEL-- SINCE CCSDAND A STUDENT IN OTHER STATESHAVE ASKED THE BOOK BE REMOVEDFROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARYAND PROTESTED AGAINST THE USEOF THE BOOK IN AN ENGLISHCLASS.WE ARE REACHING OUT TO CCSDABOUT THESE PARENTS'CONCERNS...MEANWHILE, PARENTS WILL BEJOINED BY SOME STATE LAWMAKERSDURING THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE.IT WILL BE HELD HERE OUTSIDE OFPALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL AT 9:30THIS MORNING.METRO POLICE HAVE FOUND THEBODY OF A MISSING WOMAN NEAR
Parents of CCSD students are outraged over what they call an inappropriate graphic novel. The advocacy group Power2parent says the..