School board postpones action on objections to Pat Conroy book

By: Associated Press | SCNow
Published: November 06, 2007

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two books by South Carolina author Pat

Conroy will be kept out of a West Virginia high school's English

classrooms temporarily.

      The Kanawha County Board of Education did not act today on a

committee's recommendation to restore "Beach Music" and "The

Prince of Tides" to a Nitro High honors English class for juniors.

      Parents objected to the books.

      Board member Bill Raglin instead asked that a proposed book

rating system and other suggestions on reading materials be written

into formal county policy. The board plans to take up the issue

again on December 13th.

      The rating system would involve advisory labels placed on books

that show content for violence, language, sexual content or adult

situations, similar to how movies are currently rated.