Matt Wansley (non-voting student representative) said that the book had a blatant far left political agenda.
PABBIS: Very true. Putting pro-homosexual books in elementary school also seems like some kind of agenda.

Stu Gibson said it was not checked out much, has been removed from Groveton ES - is only in 2 elementary schools now.
PABBIS: Wow, a lot of books are disappearing from Groveton ES. Maybe that YA sticker will help it be checked out more.

Stu Gibson said he thinks that if the homosexual characters in the book had gotten AIDS the book wouldn't have been challenged.
PABBIS: Not funny. That's a very sick comment by Stu Gibson - it really speaks for itself.

Ernestine Heastie said librarians must be using good judgment since this book was only in 3 elementary schools.
PABBIS: What she seemed to saying was that only 3 librarians used poor judgment. But then she supported keeping the book in ES in spite of this poor judgment. She later attempted to explain what she "really" meant.

Kaye Cory said books by this author have a lot of value.
PABBIS: Especially if you want pre-teen children to read books with foul language, homosexuality, drug and alcohol use, pedophilia and sexual situations.

Cathy Belter said most students were not excited by the book but were excited by the cover. She said a parent should help a child understand this book and it should be put with the other Young Adult books in the elementary school.
PABBIS: Elementary school children are not even young teenagers much less young adults.

Cathy Belter said a YA sticker has meaning; some can handle the book, others in class can't handle - inform parent. Some elementary schools have a Young Adult collection in elementary school already.
PABBIS: What Fairfax County elementary schools have young adult sections and books? Many parents would be interested in knowing. Exactly how do you propose to "inform the parent?" Here is a suggestion - Put a note in a elementary school Familygram. It could read, "Attention Parents: If your child brings home an elementary school book and you happen to see a YA sticker on it, there might be pro-homosexual content, perhaps other controversial material as well. If they read the book at school it will have this material also, but there you definitely won't know - Oh, well."

Ernestine Heastie said these 3 elementary school librarians may have had a reason [to have this book], unlike the other 134 [who didn't].
PABBIS: Perhaps that reason was they thought books advocating an "alternative" sexual orientation were something that 11-year old and younger children need to read.

Isis Castro and Kathy Smith said they supported the book and did not elaborate much.

Robert Frye said he supported the book 100%.
PABBIS: This was not surprising since he has been a big supporter of proposed changes to add language for "sexual orientation" to school policy. There are many adults practicing �alternative� sexual orientations. This is not about that. This is about buying pro �alternative� sexual orientation books with our tax dollars for use in elementary school. We now know that Robert Frye and six other [voting] school board members support doing this.

Some terms used by school board members to describe this book: "bizarre, weird, not great, didn't enjoy it, confusing, dislike it, etc."

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Witch Baby, from Page 1

"Dirk met Duck Drake and Weetzie met Secret Agent Lover Man and they all lived together. When Weetzie wanted a baby and My Secret Agent Lover Man didn't, Dirk and Duck helped her, and Cherokee was born."

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!