Lubbock Middle School Libraries Lost Some Books. The High School Shelves Kept Them. - FMX 94.5

The effort came from Turning Point USA, a national conservative organization, which had some success at the middle school level across the district. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has separately pushed for statewide action against school districts that do not remove books state leaders consider inappropriate, adding a layer of political pressure on districts like LISD to act.

The district's decision to draw a line at the high school level rather than pulling the titles entirely reflects a tiered approach based on student age. For families in Lubbock with kids in middle school, the books are gone from those campus libraries. High schoolers can still find them on campus. Any student, regardless of grade, can access the same titles at the Lubbock Public Library, local bookstores, or online.

The books in question were not named in the available source material, and the full list of affected titles or campuses was not disclosed. What is clear is that the same book can be restricted at one LISD building and sitting on a shelf three miles away at another.