Three school board members claimed they had no knowledge of the agenda item and were excluded from discussions related to the raise and a new five-year contract.
Since 1960, 82-year-old jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp has played saxophone and piano on at least 100 different releases, almost all as leader or co-leader.
On May 12, the library coordinator for Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District sent an email to colleagues that some conservative parents and Christian advocacy groups had long prayed to see. The email instructed school library staff to remove all copies of two books within 24 hours: "Gender Queer", a graphic memoir by Maia Kobabe that includes cartoons of sexual encounters; and "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson, a guidebook with illustrations intended for LGBT students who feel overlooked by standard sex education curriculums. They were being removed under a new book-challenge policy enacted last July by the Republican majority on the school district's board of directors after a series of grueling public meetings that have divided the wealthy district north of Philadelphia.
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