Banned dictionary to return to Riverside County school (CA)

Los Angeles Times ^ | January 27, 2010 | By David Kelly

[granite]

After being pulled from the shelves for what some saw as racy content, Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary may have the last word in Menifee.

A committee of parents, teachers and administrators decided Tuesday to return the dictionaries to the fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms at Oak Meadows Elementary School just days after they were removed over complaints about entries detailing references to various types of oral sex.

"The dictionary will go back to the classroom but the parents will be given the option to determine if they want their kids to have access to that dictionary," said Betti Cadmus, a spokeswoman for the Menifee Union School District in southwest Riverside County. Students will take permission slips home and parents who don't want them to use Webster's 10th Collegiate Edition can opt for alternative dictionaries.

[granite]

"Parents will get the option to determine if they want their children to have access to Merriam Webster's 10th Collegiate Edition, which was pulled over references to oral sex."

[TonyRo76]

Is there a picture of Bubbafoon wagging his finger and saying “Ah did nawt have sekshal relayshins with that woman!” on the page next to this definition?

[Razzz42]

“.....Elementary School just days after they were removed over complaints about entries detailing references to various types of oral sex.....” Film on the eleven o’clock news.