Star Tribune story on banned books is misleading

I am a parent of two North Woods students, as well as a substitute school bus driver, a coach, and a volunteer in various capacities for our community and schools. The recent Star Tribune article highlighting North Woods’ “Banned Books” controversy is about as misleading and biased as one could imagine; avoiding key details about the actual book of concern, painting Krebsbach as a victim (rather than the young students exposed to such lewdness in a school library), and intentionally obfuscating the definition of a banned book. In fact, the article (and subsequent social media posts) conveniently avoids nearly all of the key context related to the actual situation.
Krebsbach wanted to do a lesson on banned books during Banned Books week. Fair enough. These lessons were then given to elementary students as young as 7 years old. A few of these banned books had actually been placed on prominent displays throughout the library. The lesson on banned books included a whiteboard display with the rhetorical prompt “How many have you read?” Let’s do the math: A lesson involves an implied suggestion that young students seek out these books. A few of these books are displayed prominently throughout the library. At least one of these books (“Gender Queer”) involves graphic depictions of oral sex being performed with artificial genitalia and explicit dialogue related to the scene...in a K-12 Library. The pictures and dialogue of concern would not be publishable in this newspaper. 
What conclusion are we to draw? Krebsbach’s lesson was not innocuous. It was not a general encouragement to seek out diverse viewpoints and embrace a wide reading list. By all appearances, it was a lesson directly targeting young students and angling them toward lewd and inappropriate materials.
Other important context: The objections to the book were not initially parent-led but student-led. Thank goodness some wise upper classmen realized how raunchy the book was and reported it to administration. Only after students had raised an alarm did parents take notice and voice objections.
The administration did not then “ban” 80 books. They simply pulled all the books that had been ordered under Krebsbach’s recommendation so the titles and content could be reviewed. Krebsbach had created such a breach of trust at that point that our administration rightfully questioned Krebsbach’s judgment regarding other books ordered. Native-authored books were not banned. “Charlotte’s Web” was not banned. 
The attempt to paint this as a right-wing MAGA mob storming the library with pitchforks is so utterly ridiculous and laughable it hardly bears comment. Unfortunately, a large swath of people in our community took the bait and began promoting the false narrative that this was an ideological war started by bigoted parents and administrators. Quit looking for dissension around every corner. We are a small, close-knit community that bridges political, social, and racial divides. Let’s not be so easily roiled.  
Jared Bangs
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