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'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process

2023-09-16

[CBC] Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Those are all examples of books Reina Takata says she can no longer find in her public high school library in Mississauga, Ont., which she visits on her lunch hour most days.

In May, Takata says the shelves at Erindale Secondary School were full of books, but she noticed that they had gradually started to disappear. When she returned to school this fall, things were more stark.
It's rare that kids can read.
"This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books," said Takata, who started Grade 10 last week.

She estimates more than 50 per cent of her school's library books are gone.

In the spring, Takata says students were told by staff that "if the shelves look emptier right now it's because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008."

Takata is one of several Peel District School Board (PDSB) students, parents and community members CBC Toronto spoke to who are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new equity-based book weeding process implemented by the board last spring in response to a provincial directive from the Minister of Education.
Oh, Canadian Kids!
They say the new process, intended to ensure library books are inclusive, appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books solely because they were published in 2008 or earlier.

Well, Canada. Where Justin Trudeau’s totalitarians total everything they possibly can. I wouldn’t be surprised if similar things are happening south of our northern border, but this particular story is Canadian.

Posted by:KBK

#1 The books go directly into the landfills. So sad, so wasteful.

Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2023-09-16 22:06

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