Parental Notification of Instructional Materials with Sexually Explicit Content

Lynchburg City School Board revised Policy IIA and adopted Regulation IIA-RZ to establish clear procedures for schools to (i) identify instructional materials with sexually explicit content, (ii) ensure parental notification of any instructional materials with sexually explicit content, (iii) permit parents to review all instructional materials with sexually explicit content, and (iv) ensure alternative instructional materials, that do not include sexually explicit content, are provided in a non-punitive manner for any student whose parent so requests.

Lists of resources divided by grade and subject will be listed below when available. These lists will be routinely updated as LCS continues to review new materials.

Each school website will have a section identified as Instructional Materials which will include school-specific instructional materials identified to contain sexually explicit content by subject and grade level.

LCS recognizes that parents should guide their children in the selection of choice instructional resources, and there are times when a resource may not align with their family values. In such situations, we invite parents to meet with the teacher to collaboratively select alternate recommendations or solutions.

If a teacher intends to use any resource that contains sexually explicit content, the school principal, or their designee, will notify the parent/guardian 30 days prior to the use of this material. Upon request, parents may have their child use alternative material in a non-punitive manner that does not include sexually explicit content. Alternative material may not be available for AP Dual Enrollment or SOL exams. If parents choose to request alternative material for a class, they must notify the teacher at a minimum of one week prior to the date of the planned instruction.

Note: Not all of the resources are used at every school.

School Grade Level Book or Material Title Author Subject
E. C. Glass 9 First Part Last, The Angela Johnson English
E. C. Glass 10 Antigone Sophocles English
E. C. Glass 10 Brave New World Aldous Huxley English
E. C. Glass 10 Long Way Gone, A Ishmael Beah English
E. C. Glass 10 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi English
E. C. Glass 10 Sold Patricia McCormick English
E. C. Glass 10 Speak Laurie Halse Anderson English
E. C. Glass 11 Black Boy Richard Wright English
E. C. Glass 12 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer English
E. C. Glass 11 Native Son Richard Wright English
Both High Schools 9 Good Earth, The Pearl Buck English
Both High Schools 10 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr English
Both High Schools 10 Born A Crime Trevor Noah English
Both High Schools 11 Black Boy Richard Wright English
Both High Schools 11 Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko English
Both High Schools 11 Glass Castle, The Jeanette Walls English
Both High Schools 11 Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston English
Both High Schools 12 Kite Runner, The Khaled Hosseini English
Both High Schools 12 Night Elie Wiesel English
Both High Schools 12 Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger English
Both High Schools 11 Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko English
Both High Schools 12 Kite Runner, The Khaled Hosseini English
Fort Hill, Heritage High 9 Monster Walter Dean Myers English
Heritage High 10 Forgotten Fire Adam Bagdasarian English
Heritage High 12 Canterbury Tales Chaucer English
Heritage High 12 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English