The Redlands school board gave final approval Tuesday night, Aug. 19, to a policy that makes it easier to pull library books with explicit content off shelves in addition to passing rules to ban explicit material from curriculum.

In another lengthy meeting that went late into the night, the Redlands Unified School District board voted 3-2 to pass both policies.

As has been the case for several votes on divisive issues, board members Candy Olson, Jeanette Wilson and Michele Rendler voted in favor. Melissa Ayala-Quintero and Patty Holohan voted no.

Olson said the curriculum policy is a preventative policy and the library rules would protect students from sexually explicit books. Olson said she has read books now in Redlands school libraries that as an adult she found disturbing. These sho

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