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One February, a new teacher in a suburban school district near Buffalo, NY has assigned students in a history class the option to a) visit the Freedom Wall on East Ferry Street and write about the experience; OR b) visit the Broderick Park Underground Railroad site and write about the experience; OR c) visit the school library, pick out a book from the "Black History Month" display at the school library, read the book, and write an essay about it.  Each assignment fits within the class curriculum and policies for the school.

One parent calls a local talk radio show to complain about the assignment as "indoctrination," and submits both a written complaint and a document asking for her child to get "an assignment NOT made on the basis of race."  They also submit a FOIL request for a copy of the books on the list compiled by the library, and for "any library books that promote CRT."

Social media and local news networks are demanding the teacher be disciplined or fired and asking the school administration and board for a response.

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What person or groups at the school are involved and/or responsible for addressing this?

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If this is brought up in the classroom, how can a teacher address this issue?

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What is the role of the school librarian in this situation?

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What support would the librarian need in this situation?

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The librarian, the principal, administrator in charge of curriculum, the BOE

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The particular parent can make a request for an alternate assignment, but has to follow the appropriate channels

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Per the FOIL request, they have to submit the books that are on the display and "any library books that promote CRT"

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up-to-date policies, a supportive administration, reach out to local School Library Association, ALA, AASL, etc.

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Unless a book specifically states that it "promotes CRT", the librarian doesn't have to provide anything, because that is an opinion.

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Teacher's union, Admin, teacher and librarian

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Teacher's union, Admin, teacher and librarian

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"Promote CRT" is a judgment call. I would say that none of the books in the library promote CRT as I understand the definition of CRT. So I would provide only the list of the books on the display.

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Teacher, building admin, curriculum director, librarian, BOE, Superintendent, school attorney

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Also make sure the union knows and is protecting the staff members from undue process

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Probably only need to provide a copy of the compiled list - Books that promote CRT will most likely give no results

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Probably only need to provide a copy of the compiled list - Books that promote CRT will most likely give no results

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To support intellectual freedom cause and possibly provide list of books

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To support intellectual freedom cause and possibly provide list of books

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the teacher, the BOE, the admin team (top to bottom), librarian, the parent, the Records Officer

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I can provide the FOIL request for the book list, but the "critical race theory" aspect of the request is confusing. 

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I can provide the FOIL request for the book list, but the "critical race theory" aspect of the request is confusing. 

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The records access officer, union, curriculum committee, admin

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The records access officer, union, curriculum committee, admin

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Librarian can offer support in sharing policy

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Make sure the FOIL request came through the district.  The defination of CRT needs to come from lawyers for this complaint.  

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Make sure the FOIL request came through the district.  The defination of CRT needs to come from lawyers for this complaint.  

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Teacher union, librarian, records officer, teacher, building admin

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Teacher union, librarian, records officer, teacher, building admin

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reitterating that they should choose an assignment that is comfortable for them. And relating to real connections

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reitterating that they should choose an assignment that is comfortable for them. And relating to real connections

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It might be helpful to determine the district's conception and application of CRT before compiling a list of relevant titles.

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Superintendent/BOE to address media, if they choose to
Records / Data person to address FOIL request
Librarian due to FOIL request on books
Teacher to defend assignment

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They would need to start the formal challenge process form. The formal complaint doesn't mean they are following the actual procedures.

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Once a formal challenge has been filed and FOIL request. Then it would be building principals, teacher who assigned the assignment, Librarian to compile the list of books, and the challenge team, BOE

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If there is no written record of the books on display, does it even fall under a FOIL request? There is no paperwork for the person to read.

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District should respond with support for the 1st Amendment. That or ignore it all - social media is not a proper way to challenge.

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Could a student propose their own book as an option if approved by the teacher?

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Could a student propose their own book as an option if approved by the teacher?

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Explain that different parts of history are taught and the library has information on all aspects of history and to be a reference for those to learn that do not have access

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Explain that different parts of history are taught and the library has information on all aspects of history and to be a reference for those to learn that do not have access

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Assignment directly relates to Black History Month to bring awareness to the local tie-in within our area. Multiple options were given for this project.

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FOIL request needs to be filled with what books were on the display. Not sure how you would define CRT to even choose books to compile a list of CRT materials. CRT is so subjective depending on the who the request is coming from....

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Principals, Superintendent, Union Reps and challenge team need to support each other.

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There are diverse projects being allowed so I feel like they are not all based on race so there are already choices or alternatives being provided

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There are diverse projects being allowed so I feel like they are not all based on race so there are already choices or alternatives being provided

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Librarian worked collaboratively with teacher to offer this option. Librarian ensures that materials are available and meet the teacher's standards. Librarian will also need to provide information to fulfill FOIL request.

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Building admin, district admin, district atty, professional orgs.