“You wrote EF (Local) so that our children could learn. Please follow policy if there’s cause for concern,” Tyler continued, referring to a district policy that states that “the District shall provide a wide range of instructional resources for students and faculty that present varying levels of difficulty, diversity of appeal, and a variety of points of view.”
“These bigots don’t get to choose for us; that’s clear. Then how, I am wondering, did we even get here? They growl at our meetings, all hawing and humming; ‘We must stop this indoctrination from coming,’” said Tyler mockingly in a southern drawl.
“They’ve come for the books and the bonds, and what for? Their kids don’t even attend Leander schools anymore. Bring back our books; maintain decorum, good grief,” Tyler said. “Wouldn’t it be nice to have a meeting in peace?”
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Tyler’s poem has caused an uproar among some parents, not only for her advocacy of the booked that have been pulled from curriculum amid concerns of their sexual content, but for mocking the concerns of parents through insults.
“I’m disgusted and disheartened that there are teachers in our school district who think it is okay to mock parents for their religious beliefs, and for demanding that children not have access to books in the library or classroom that have pornographic illustrations and graphic descriptions of sex acts,” Dustin Clark told Fox News. Clark is a father of four children in Round Rock public schools, where Tyler used to serve as an educator.
Clark was also one of two fathers recently arrested earlier this year for disruptive behavior at a Round Rock ISD school board meeting. Clark and fellow father Jeremy Story were removed from a Round Rock ISD school board meeting in September after their protest against mask mandates gave way to personal accusations against the candidate the board had selected as the district’s superintendent.
Andy Hogue, a father of two students in Leander ISD, said, “This is not a matter of ‘banning books’ but one of community representation. And as long as we’re paying taxes to the LISD, we the people deserve to be heard.”
Hogue also said that “every so often, we find ourselves locked in these battles to stop certain liberal interests from going around our elected representatives. This time we want better representation over our district reading lists—and it’s a shame that we even have to debate this.”
