School officials can’t avoid testifying on book removal, judge says

A federal judge Wednesday rejected arguments that Escambia County School Board members and the superintendent of schools should be shielded from testifying about the removal of a school-library book — but said the board can file a revised request.

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor issued a four-page ruling after school-district attorneys last month filed a motion seeking a protective order to prevent depositions of board members and Superintendent Keith Leonard in a lawsuit over the removal of the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three.”

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