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Monday, May 12, 2014

New Hampshire dad arrested at school board meeting after complaining about assigned book’s racy content

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New Hampshire dad arrested at school board meeting after complaining about assigned book’s racy content

William Baer was arrested at a school board meeting in Gilford, N.H., after he complained the school failed to notify him about graphic sex in a book his daughter's class was reading.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 12:40 PM
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William Baer, above, was arrested at a Gilford, N.H., school board meeting after he interrupted to complain about a sexually graphic book his daughter's class was assigned.Josh Youssef/via YouTubeWilliam Baer, above, was arrested at a Gilford, N.H., school board meeting after he interrupted to complain about a sexually graphic book his daughter's class was assigned.
An angry New Hampshire dad ended up in cuffs at a school board meeting Monday after he spoke out against a racy book his freshman daughter was assigned to read in English class.
William Baer fumed at Gilford High School officials for not notifying him that his 14-year-old daughter's honors English class was assigned Jodi Picoult's "Nineteen Minutes," local WMUR-TV reported.
The book, which has been on the curriculum since 2007, features an explicit passage depicting two teens having sex.
In past years, parents received warning about the book's adult content.
But this year, no notice was given, Baer said.
Baer was given two minutes to speak at the meeting. After his time was up, he piped up from his seat and got into a heated exchange with a female school official.WMURBaer was given two minutes to speak at the meeting. After his time was up, he piped up from his seat and got into a heated exchange with a female school official.
"I've never read anything like this," Baer told the station. "It's like the transcript for a triple-X-rated movie."
The book's plot revolves around a school shooting, and school officials have said it deals with important themes such as bullying and adolescent sex.
The passage, on page 313, depicts a boy having forceful sex with his girlfriend and includes the sentence, "She could feel his erection, hot against her stomach."
Baer said he became aware of the scene only after a friend found it.
The angry pop said he and his wife weren't notified about sexually explicit material in the book, Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes.'WMURThe angry pop said he and his wife weren't notified about sexually explicit material in the book, Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes.'
"Then I read it and my wife read it. We were outraged," he told the local Laconia Daily Sun newspaper.
Baer said he emailed the school's principal to ask for a meeting, but the principal wasn't available, the Daily Sun reported.
He confronted school officials about the passage during a comment period at Monday's board meeting.
According to a video of the meeting published on YouTube, the school officials cut off Baer after his allotted two minutes to speak were over.
The book, which is about a school shooting, has been on the school's curriculum since 2007.The book, which is about a school shooting, has been on the school's curriculum since 2007.
He later piped up as another man addressed the issue.
After a heated back-and-forth with a female official, Baer was approached by a cop and told to leave.
He refused, saying, "I guess you're going to have to arrest me."
He was cuffed and charged with disorderly conduct.

Father arrested during school board meeting

WMUR - Manchester, NH

Some parents in Gilford are voicing concerns about a book with a risque love scene that high school students are reading.

"He spoke out of order," Gilford Police Lt. James Leach told WMUR-TV.
"Someone else was given the floor and was speaking. He interrupted them and continued after being asked to stop.
"He was then asked to leave and refused to leave unless he was arrested, so he was arrested."
The station said Baer believed his First Amendment rights were violated and plans to protest his bust.
He faces a fine of up to $1,200.
Describing the meeting, Baer said, "It was basically you make a statement, you say what you want, and you sit down and shut up. That's not how you interact with adults."
"It was extremely frustrating that I couldn't make any points with anybody," he told the station.


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