Students in Catawba County high schools will now need parental permission to check out two challenged books, according to our partners at the Hickory Daily Record.
The Catawba County school board will hold another book hearing on Monday. Board member Jeff Taylor says too much time and money has been spent on books.
Catawba County Schools Vice Chair Leslie Barnette also said she believed the effort to remove books is driven at least in part by a political agenda that goes beyond the