Book about life in Cuba to remain in Miami-Dade County schools. Florida

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Posted on: April 19th, 2006
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“School officials have ruled that a children’s book about traveling to Cuba should remain in Miami-Dade County school, despite a parent’s complaint that the book does not depict an accurate life in Cuba.

The Miami-Dade School Board voted 6-3 Tuesday against removing the Spanish-language book, “Vamos a Cuba” or “A Visit to Cuba” from library shelves. The book, by Alta Schreier, contains images of smiling children wearing uniforms of Cuba’s communist youth group and a carnival celebrating the Cuban revolution of 1959, said Joseph Garcia, a spokesman for the school district.”

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