Petition Seeks to Ban Popular Book Series

The Pampa [TX] Independent School District faced a decision about banning the Harry Potter series from its curriculum. Last week, some residents gave the board a petition containing 750 signatures. In a 5-2 vote Monday, the board decided to keep the series in schools.

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\”I\’m also concerned with the fact that in 4th and 5th grade, in grade school here, parents had no knowledge that these books were being read to the children,\” said parent Sue Scothorn. She went on to say that after attending a Christian convention in Colorado, she became convinced that the Harry Potter series was detrimental to children. \”It\’s a subtle introduction to witchcraft for children and all 19 points of witchcraft are contained in these books,\” she said.

August 8, 2002 by Uncategorized 0

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