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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you, Katie!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Krista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Katie Anderson [mailto:katiea@wccls.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 02, 2018 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Krista Reynolds <kmreynolds@cu-portland.edu>; 'ola-if-news@listsmart.osl.state.or.us' <ola-if-news@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Recent news about 'George' and the Oregon Battle of the Books<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you for letting us know. Here’s another article
<a href="katu.com/news/local/some-school-districts-reconsidering-obob-participation-due-to-book-about-transgender-girl">
More school districts on the fence</a>… Add the Bend and Tigard-Tualatin School Districts to the list of school districts reconsidering the book/participation in OBOB.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Katie Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> OLA-IF-News [<a href="mailto:ola-if-news-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:ola-if-news-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Krista Reynolds<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'ola-if-news@listsmart.osl.state.or.us'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OLA-IF-News] Recent news about 'George' and the Oregon Battle of the Books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some of you may have been following the news about <i>George</i> (by Alex Gino), one of the books included on the Oregon Battle of the Books 2018-19 reading list for 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup> graders. The book is about a transgender
girl and her experiences coming out to her family and best friend. Media coverage of school districts’ responses to the book has picked up over the last few days:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/2nd_school_district_scraps_ore.html">2nd school district scraps Oregon Battle of the Books over novel about trans child</a> (Oregonlive.com/<i>The Oregonian</i>, May 1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/district-wont-allow-students-to-read-book-on-trans-kid/">Oregon school district won’t allow students to read book on trans kid</a> (<i>The Seattle Times</i>, May 1)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/hermiston_school_district_wont.html">Hermiston school district won’t participate in Oregon reading program due to book about trans kid</a> (Oregonlive.com/<i>The Oregonian</i>, April
30) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<a href="http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20180430/district-pulls-elementary-schools-from-statewide-battle-of-the-books">Hermiston elementary schools will skip Battle of the Books because of ‘George’</a> (<i>East Oregonian</i>, April 30)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<a href="•%09https:/kobi5.com/news/childrens-book-causes-controversy-among-parents-and-schools-76501/">Children’s book causes controversy among parents and schools</a> (KOBI-TV/NBC, Medford, April 30)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for everything you do to promote intellectual freedom in your sphere!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Krista Reynolds, member of the Oregon Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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