Monona District Considers Whether To Stop Teaching “To Kill A Mockingbird”

A committee made up of school board members, educators and civilians will make a recommendation in two weeks on whether Monona Grove schools should continue teaching from the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”  The parent of a 14-year-old student complains the racially-charged language in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is inappropriate for students.  Tujama Kameeta wants it removed.  He’s troubled that the N-word appears in the book almost 50 times.  Superintendent Dan Olson will have the option of accepting the five-person committee’s recommendation — or modifying it.