“Biloxi To Teach ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ In Class Again. Parents Must Sign Permission Slip”

From The Sun Herald (Gulfpost, MS):

Biloxi has sent a letter home to students. It plans to restore “To Kill A Mockingbird” to the eighth-grade classroom and begin teaching it again in class, starting Monday.
Students do, however, have to ask to participate, by returning a permission slip signed by a parent to their school and their English Language Arts teacher by Friday.
On Biloxi Junior High School letterhead, Principal Scott Powell wrote on Oct. 23 to eighth-grade parents: “As has been stated before, “To Kill A Mockingbird” is not a required read for 8th Grade ELA (English Language Arts) students.
“However, 8th Grade ELA teachers will offer the opportunity for interested students to participate in an in-depth book study of the novel during regularly scheduled classes as well as the optional after school sessions …”
The intensive book study will not take place everyday, the letter states, “but we plan to finish the novel before Christmas break.”

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See Also:  To Kill a Mockingbird Pulled From 8th Grade Curriculum in Biloxi, Mississippi (October 13, 2017)

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