At the regular meeting of the Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board on Tuesday, June 13, four people spoke during public forum in support of the district including the fiction book “American Street” in the English curriculum for York High School freshmen.
In recent meetings, some district residents have urged the board to remove the book from the curriculum. A few of those residents have read explicit passages from the book during board meetings.
Later in the meeting, the board voted unanimously—6-0—to adopt proposed instructional materials for the 2023-24 school year. Those materials included excerpts from “American Street” and the novel “The House on Mango Street” for York freshmen.
