Ryan Walters responds legal battle with Edmond Public Schools [Video]

YES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE OKC AND EDMOND ARGUE THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT BOOKS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THEIR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. BUT STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS ARGUES THOSE DISTRICTS ARE JUST TRYING TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY. IT’S VERY CLEAR THEY DON’T WANT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY. WE SEE THIS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE SOME SOME ROGUE BAD ACTORS THAT WANT NO ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WE GET TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT, NO CONSEQUENCES. IS THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE HEARING FROM EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS RESPONDING AFTER OKC, CPS JOINED A DEER CREEK AND EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OPPOSING A RULE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SAYS LOOKS TO PREVENT INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL FROM BEING ACCESSED BY STUDENTS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ORDERED EPS TO REMOVE BOOKS FROM OUR LIBRARIES, WHICH IS NOT WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITY. DESPITE THE LEGAL ACTION TAKEN BY EDMOND AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS, WALTERS STANDS BY THE …