Orange Unified Restores Library App After Suspension Due to Inappropriate Book

The Orange Unified School District restored students’ access to a digital library app Feb. 3 after suspending it last week at the request of a parent who said they found a book with inappropriate content—including explicit language, sex, and rape—in their elementary child’s digital library.
Interim Superintendent Edward Velasquez announced a temporary suspension of the digital library app Sora Jan. 29, he said, to allow staff to review it, prompting praise from some parents concerned about inappropriate material and outrage from others worried about censorship.
Upon review, staff found four books were mislabeled for the wrong age group by their publishers, Velasquez said during a Feb. 2 board meeting. They also found a glitch that allowed some accounts access to books of all age levels….