A Davidson County school board member is pushing to remove four books from school libraries saying they contain sexually explicit and inappropriate material.

Mur DeJonge, who is both a pastor and a newly elected school board member, campaigned last November on addressing what’s inside school libraries. He says parents first raised the issue with him before he ever took office.

“Members of the public came to me and were stating there’s a lot of books in not just Davidson County libraries but across the country that are vulgar and pornographic material in school libraries. That asked if I would be able to see if I thought the same thing and get these books out of the libraries,” DeJonge said.

This year, DeJonge is on a mission to read the books cover to cover and push to remove the ones h

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