Most Albertan parents do not want their kids to have access to sexually explicit content available in school libraries, a poll by the provincial government finds.
In a June 20 press release, the Alberta government stated that there is “strong public support” for measures to protect children from accessing age-inappropriate materials in the province’s school libraries.
The announcement was accompanied by findings from an online survey conducted by the province from May 26 to June 6, in which nearly 78,000 Albertans shared their views on what they believe is appropriate for school library collections.
Nearly half of the respondents (48 percent) were a parent or guardian of a school-aged child, from kindergarten to Grade 12. “Interested Albertan” made up 33 percent. In comparison, the remaining respondents included teachers (7 percent), school administrators (1 percent), school or public librarians (1 percent), and parents or guardians of non-school aged children (10 percent)….