Another Adult Book Found in Elmbrook's Online Library
"Fun Home - A Family Tragicomic" is a graphic novel with explicit illustrations and the Dad in the book is a suspected pedophile.
“Fun Home - A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel was added to the Elmbrook digital library last year and has illustrations of oral sex and a nude male autopsy. This is available to all high schoolers in the district.
Attendees of a GTPAO meeting on 1/17/23 about “Helping Your Advanced Reader Choose Age-Appropriate Books” heard Kay Benning, Director of Library Services, talk about how they “curate each book” that is in Sora, one of Elmbrook’s online libraries. Kay admitted that high school is considered adult level for reading.
Comments in Citizens’ Forum at the 1/17/23 Board meeting from a GTPAO meeting attendee voice frustrations with Elmbrook continuing to bring in sexually explicit books that do not match the community values Superintendent Mark Hansen claims to be upholding.
Kay Benning receives a $93k+ annual salary from Elmbrook taxpayers based on DPI records and has complained about Elmbrook’s “restrictive” library policy.
When will our Director of Library Services be held accountable for the content she admits to “curating” for the district?
Additional explicit books discovered by the community, concerns about Sora and the administration’s complaints about the burden to review these books are detailed in previous updates.