Cobb School Board Bans ‘The Bluest Eye’

The decision

The Cobb County School Board has banned Toni Morrison’s novel “The Bluest Eye,” NewsOne reports. The book was written by Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but no further details about the board’s action are established here.

What is known

The decision concerns a school-board policy involving a book. The available account does not identify when the board acted, whether the decision applied to all Cobb County schools or a specific course, or what procedure the board used.

Public record

NewsOne is the published account linked to this development. No primary board resolution, meeting record or policy document is identified in the information available here. Those records would clarify the decision’s date, scope and vote.

What comes next

The Cobb County School Board’s formal record would show how the ban was adopted and how it is to be carried out in schools. Any board explanation or policy text would also clarify whether the action concerns classroom instruction, school libraries or another use of the book.