Our View: Reject those who seek to restrict book access

The goal of school committee members should be to further the education of children in their community. So, why are three candidates running for At...

September 7, 2023
2:16 AM

The goal of school committee members should be to further the education of children in their community. So, why are three candidates running for Attleboro School Committee trying to take books — and the transformative powers they contain — out of the hands of students? Three challengers for ward seats to the city's school board — Tara Finn, James Poore and Michael Wagner — want books with sensitive content separated from others in school libraries. Parents would have to give schools permission to let their children view the books.