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Gwinnett asks citizens to review proposed textbooks

Gwinnett County school board members will give approval to proposed textbooks and digital resources. ERIC STIRGUS
Gwinnett County school board members will give approval to proposed textbooks and digital resources. ERIC STIRGUS
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Aug 19, 2016

Gwinnett County school officials announced Monday they want the public’s input on some new textbooks, digital resources and other materials they’d like to use for its high school Career and Technical Education classes.

The materials will be available for public review at the school district’s headquarters, 437 Old Peachtree Rd., Suwanee, beginning Sept. 6 and ending a month later. School board members will have final approval over the materials.

Some residents in recent years have complained about some Gwinnett textbooks in other subjects, saying the books do not accurately represent American history and achievement.

For more information about the review process, Gwinnett officials ask residents to contact Instructional Resources and Support director Jadd Jarusinski at 678-301-6828.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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