<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/11/2005 5:56:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, chuck@mutualaid.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>More close to home, there has been an ongoing effort in the Blue Valley <BR>School District--a suburban school district south of Kansas City that <BR>this author graduated from—to ban and restrict certain books from the <BR>curriculum. Around 500 parents in the district signed a petition asking <BR>the school district to remove 14 books “because of vulgar language, <BR>sexual explicitness or violent imagery.” (Kansas City Star, October 11, <BR>2005). The list of novels included Beloved by Toni Morrison.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Chuck,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I was looking for a house to buy in Kansas City in 1991, all Real Estate agents I worked with would mention that Blue Valley Schools were the top in the country.  What has happened since?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sergio</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>