For months now, the American people have watched as outraged parents have stormed school board hearings to voice their displeasure over their children being exposed to inappropriate content.
In what may be a first, earlier this month a Maine 6th-grade student joined the effort. Knox Zajac, an 11–year-old sixth grader at Windham Middle School, appeared at a school board hearing on the 15th to voice his discomfort over a book he found in the school library.
To convey why he was upset over finding the book, “Nick and Charlie,” Zajac began reading from it at the school board hearing.
Watch:
“I’m a sixth grader. I was in the library, and this book was on the stand. I’d like to read you a page. My back over my hips, as I ask if we should take our clothes off. And he’s saying yes before I finish my sentence. He’s pulling off my t-shirt, laughing when I can’t undo his shirt buttons. He’s undoing my belt,” the boy read.
“I’m reaching into his bedside drawer for a condom. We’re kissing. Again we’re rolling over. Obviously, you can see where this is going. I don’t know if it’s because we’re feeling especially emotional or tired, or the past couple of weeks has much too much, but this reminds me so much of the first time we had sex. We were both f–king terrified, and the whole thing was kind of terrible since we didn’t know what we were doing,” he continued.
After reading a little bit more from the book, Zajac briefly explained how he’d come upon it.
“Now, this book was at my middle school, and it was on a stand. When I rented it out to show my dad it, the library asked if I wanted more and if I wanted a graphic novel version,” he said.
Zajac’s father, Adam, spoke next.
“We do not need to be having literature that’s showing boys how to suck d–k. I’m very, very frustrated about it. And you may think that schools know the best for our children. You know who knows the best for our children? The parents,” he said.
Speaking with the Maine Wire following the hearing, Adam said that most parents don’t have a clue about the types of books their children are being exposed to.
“A lot of parents just don’t know what’s going on in the school. What I don’t understand is how we have books in the middle school library that adults would be fired for having at work, or potentially prosecuted for sharing with children given their pornographic content. It’s smut, really,” he said.
Windham Middle School’s library also reportedly features a copy of “Gender Queer,” which has been described by critics as a how-to manual on sexual intercourse.
These are some pages from the pornographic book Gender Queer which can be found in @schooldist186. pic.twitter.com/ZzvimsZvjH
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 3, 2022
All Adam, his son, and other concerned parents and students are seeking is “age-appropriate limitations on access to these books — if they’re to be in the library at all,” according to the Wire.
“But most members of the school board disagree, and some community members think the board is taking steps to limit the involvement of parents in public meetings,” the Wire reported last week.
Indeed, according to former Maine state Rep. Larry Lockman, the board was completely indifferent to what Zajac and his father had to say.
“The stone-cold indifference of school board members to 11-year-old Knox’s presentation was telling. In effect, they have enshrined a new state religion in Maine classrooms, in defiance of the First Amendment,” he told TheBlaze in a statement.
“The bad news is that this sort of depravity is the rule rather than the exception in Maine’s dysfunctional K-12 government-run schools. Meanwhile, academic achievement has flatlined over the past decade and a half,” he added.
This is true.
“Maine students’ reading and math scores slipped below the national average for the first time and continued an 11-year pattern of generally declining test scores, according to the first national test data published since the pandemic that showed COVID-19’s academic toll,” the Bangor Daily News reported last October.
MAINE STUDENT TEST SCORES COLLAPSED UNDER JANET MILLS
Maine’s education scores in math and reading are the worst in New England and among the worst in the nation.
Maine students’ 4th grade math are now at their lowest levels since 2000.
— Paul LePage (@PaulLePage2022) October 27, 2022
However, the exposure to inappropriate content reportedly extends beyond just books. The school district is also inviting students to change their gender, according to Ken Clark, another local parent.
“What activated him was one of his daughters photographing a poster in school inviting students to talk with school officials about gender fluidity,” the Wire notes.
Clark told the Wire that he’s part of a growing group of parents who share his concerns about what’s happening.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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