- November 21, 2024
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Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt overturned a district book review judgment to retain the novel, "The Nowhere Girls" on the high schools' library shelves.
In a letter dated March 30 to Terri McDonald — the Moms for Liberty Flagler County Chapter leadership member who challenged the book in October — Mittelstadt said the book will not be kept in the district's media centers.
"After reviewing this book and circulation data, The Nowhere Girls will not be retained as a resource in Flagler Schools," Mittelstadt wrote.
A joint committee representing Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high schools voted on Dec. 12 to retain the book, written by young adult author Amy Reed. The complainant appealed the verdict to a district review committee, which met on March 13 and also voted to retain the book.
Mittelstadt's letter came two days after a challenge to the book, "Sold" was appealed to the School Board. Mittelstadt supported a district review committee's decision to retain that book in the high school's media centers. The board voted 3-2 to turn down the appeal and continue to allow the book to be checked out.
