The matter simmered until February 24, 1976, when the board, after one of its regular meetings, asked Irving Carroll and Ernest Valenze, the principals of Island Trees’ two high schools, to remove the books from the library shelves.
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The district has already taken steps this year to try and lessen the deficit, including cutting its teaching staff and some assistant principals.
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