Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com September APLS meeting. SEPTEMBER APLS MEETING After hearing Fairhope Library Board chair Randall Wright , board member Anne Johnson , and library director Robert Gourlay argue again they believe they are in compliance with all current state library service policies, the Alabama Library Service Executive Board of Trustees decided to table the matter again -- until its October meeting to allow its members to individually review a list of challenged books (to be provided by Gourlay) and how each was ultimately resolved by Fairhope's library board. The debate generally centered on the interpretation of "sexually explicit" according to APLS policy guidelines -- and whether that was better determined on a state or local level One APLS board member sided with Fairhope ( Ronald Snider, District 1 ) and made a motion the funding be restored (about $41K per year) which failed to get a second -- and then...
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps