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Indian River County, Fla., February 28, 2022 – You read the title correctly. At the February Business Meeting of the Indian River County School Board, the board voted 4-1 to remove only 5 of the over 100 illegal, pornographic books found in the Indian River County School District libraries! Chairwoman Teri L. Barenborg, Vice Chair Dr. Peggy Jones, Brian M. Barefoot, and Dr. Mara Schiff all voted to put pornographic books back in the hands of children; Jacqueline Rosario was the only dissenting vote...

Indian River County, Fla., November 8, 2021 – Using the Florida Citizens Alliance Porn Report and growing list of questionable books compiled by Moms for Liberty chapters throughout the United States, Moms for Liberty – Indian River, FL and We the People Indian River County have found 19 additional age-inappropriate books in the Indian River County school system. The 2 copies of All Boys Aren’t Blue have been permanently removed from Vero Beach High School, and the other 46 have been pulled from the shelves and are pending review...

Indian River County, Fla., November 3, 2021 – A mother belonging to a chapter of Moms for Liberty and her chapter compiled a list of books in school libraries that contained pornography and/or inappropriate sexual content or innuendos. Moms for Liberty – Indian River, Florida and We the People Indian River County immediately checked the Follett system of School District of Indian River County to see if any of these books were in our school libraries. Approximately 28 of these unacceptable books were found not only to be in the school system, but many were Accelerated Reader (AR) books!...

Indian River County, Fla., August 24, 2021 – At tonight’s school board business meeting, three school board members decided to knowingly break the law and failed to respect parental rights by making masking in schools MANDATORY for students in Pre-K through 8th grade with opt-out ONLY for children with medical exemptions. See YouTube of business meeting here timestamp 2:54:26. This course of action clearly violates Executive Order 21-175 and Emergency Rule 64DER21-12 and will result with the initial step of reduction to our school state funding...