The majority of one panel - 15 out of 18 people - said the illustrated book “I am Jazz,” about a transgender child and aimed at elementary age children and their parents, should remain at all grade levels.
LAKELAND - The committees reviewing books that have been targeted by a conservative group for removal from Polk County Public School libraries voted on three more of them Thursday, approving keeping the books at age-appropriate levels.Īll three deal with transgender topics, with one book also detailing the lives of gay teenagers.
