Members of the Knox County School Board. (Photo Courtesy of the Knox County School Board)
Good afternoon.
Knox County's school board is determining whether to ask state lawmakers to revise Tennessee's 2024 book ban law. The request follows the district's brief removal and quick reinstatement of "Roots" last month, a sequence that drew national attention and local frustration.
Thank you, Dr. Rysewyk, for returning Roots to school library shelves. We appreciate your decision to err on the side of access rather than censorship, because access matters.
Lisa Plawchan, League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County
By the numbers
123Books banned in Knox County Schools under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act
That's all for this week. Knox County's book challenge process continues to spark debate about how schools balance parental concerns with educational access, and we'll keep following where it leads. Thanks for reading.
