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*The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised the Oklahoma Board of Education not to revoke the license of Summer Boismier, who had also put in her high school classroom a QR code of the Brooklyn Public Library’s catalogue of banned books.

An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, told reporters after the board meeting that they would seek to overturn the decision.*

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just to make sure the word stays out about the thing some folks are trying to suppress:

Brooklyn Library is offering digital access to all kids aged 13 to 21

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

She now works at the same Brooklyn library that hosts the banned books? I hope she wins but it sounds like she got her dream job, good for her

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 7 points 2 months ago