Summer Boismier

Former Norman High School English teacher Summer Boismier placed butcher paper with the words “Books the state doesn’t want you to read” over bookshelves in her classroom.

Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters asked the state Board of Education to revoke the teaching certificate of a former Norman Public Schools teacher who quit her job after a complaint from a parent that she made political statements about access to literature in her classroom.

It would be the first teacher certificate revoked in Oklahoma of its kind if the board was to follow through on Walters’ request. Teacher’s certificates in Oklahoma are usually tied to criminal behavior, according to Department of Education spokesperson Rob Crissinger.

Max Bryan is the news editor at The Transcript, where he covers criminal justice and public safety for the publication. You may reach him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @MBryanOK.

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