A public high school in suburban Ohio is asking ninth-grade students to read a slam poetry book that discusses a young girl abandoning her Christian faith, talking to drug dealers, and partaking in sexual acts.
Hilliard Bradley High School near Columbus, Ohio, is requesting that ninth-grade English students read a slam poetry book entitled, “The Poet X.” The school has provided limited alternatives and students must opt-out of the assigned readings if parents do not feel comfortable with the graphic content in the book.
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