{"id":23920,"date":"2022-07-25T19:13:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=23920"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:13:37","slug":"polk-county-public-schools-superintendent-heid-will-be-announcing-an-opt-in-policy-for-controversial-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/07\/25\/polk-county-public-schools-superintendent-heid-will-be-announcing-an-opt-in-policy-for-controversial-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Heid will be Announcing an Opt-In Policy for Controversial Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fred_heid-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fred_heid-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fred_heid-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fred_heid-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fred_heid.jpg 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid will inform School Board members Tuesday during an afternoon work session about the implementation of a new policy that deals with 16 books one conservative group deemed \u201cpornographic\u201d or \u201cage-inappropriate\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heid will make a presentation on the new procedures, a hybrid opt-in option for the 16 books, along with an already-in-place opt-out procedure for every book in each of the district\u2019s 150 schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The books will not be returned to library shelves, but will instead be kept in an area accessible to librarians only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">School Board members will not be voting this Tuesday and there will be no public input at the afternoon work session. 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