"The Randolph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 last week to dismiss all members of the county library board, weeks after trustees declined to move or remove Call Me Max, a picture book about a transgender boy who asks his teacher to use his chosen name. The decision followed a public hearing that drew nearly 200 residents and revealed a community split almost evenly between those calling for the board's removal and those urging commissioners to respect the library's review process."
"Library staff and trustees had reviewed the complaint earlier this fall and, in October, voted to keep the book in the children's section, concluding it complied with the county's collection policies, local CBS affiliate WFMY reported. Commissioners nonetheless moved to dissolve the nine-member board outright - a step allowed under North Carolina law but rarely taken. Free-expression advocates said the action represents a dramatic escalation in the political response to book challenges."
Randolph County commissioners voted 3-2 to dissolve the nine-member public library board after trustees refused to remove Call Me Max, a children's picture book about a transgender boy who asks his teacher to use his chosen name. Library staff and trustees had reviewed a complaint and, in October, concluded the book complied with county collection policies and kept it in the children's section. A public hearing that drew nearly 200 residents exposed a nearly even community split between those demanding board removal and those urging respect for the library's review process. Free-expression advocates called the dissolution a dramatic escalation in political responses to book challenges.
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