"You encourage the system to allow people to challenge more books and to seek to remove more books. Sources told ABC13 the first two layers of the ban were eliminated Monday because parents and activists opposed to book bans were filing frivolous book reconsideration requests in an effort to jam up the system and delay bans. More than 40 books have been submitted for reconsideration this school year. "That time and that money, I think, could be better spent working on literacy issues for the school district," Jeanette Sewell, who serves as database and metadata coordinator for Rice University's Fondren Library, said. She helps run the Families 4 Every Child political action committee, which opposes what the website refers to as "fringe" educational issues, like book bans. "I think we start to see that a lot of these concerns target marginalized communities," Herpin said. The decision came as a blow to Spring Branch parents and activists, like Nathalie Herpin, who have been fighting the ban. Instead, book review decisions will be left to the school board's discretion. This means teacher, administrator, and parent feedback will be almost entirely subverted. Monday night, the board voted to cut the first two layers of its book reconsideration process - skipping to the third and final layer. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) - Spring Branch ISD is expediting its book-banning process. Meanwhile, documents show that a ban costs more than $30,000 and uses 220 staff hours. Spring Branch ISD is expediting its book-banning process.
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