Videos of Texas parents roasting Allen Independent School District officials for failing to remove sexually explicit books from students’ libraries have gone viral.
The “embarrassing” clips are drawing widespread criticism of how administrators are handling the issue.
Earlier this month, conservative advocacy group Citizens Defending Freedom-Texas shared video clips on social media of parents speaking about the books at a January 21 Allen ISD school board meeting.
“School boards have FULL AUTHORITY to remove these books—but instead, they hide behind policies they created and they can change,” CDF posted on X.
Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr.—known nationwide for challenging obscene books during school board meetings—then shared a CDF video highlighting comments from children’s advocate Bonnie Wallace.
“Allen ISD in Texas is a complete mess. Our children deserve better. A special thank you to Bonnie Wallace for standing strong against this grave injustice,” the pastor wrote.
Wallace read sexually graphic and profane excerpts from books in the district’s school libraries that she said are deemed too sexually graphic for Texas prison inmates.
“Why are the minds of hardened criminals better protected than minors in Allen ISD”? asked Wallace.
The popular X site Libs of TikTok then shared the video of Wallace reading from the explicit books.
“These are the books that @AllenISDSupt is giving your kids,” the post stated, referring to Allen ISD Superintendent Robin Bullock.
The story even received international attention with an article in the UK publication The Daily Mail that described Wallace as a “furious woman” reading “obscene passages.”
Parent advocate Shannon Ayres, who leads public education initiatives for CDF-Texas and spoke at the Allen ISD school board meeting, said the debate over the district’s library books “didn’t have to be this way.”
“Here’s how it all started….listen to how @Allen_ISD treats parents who are concerned about the nasty books in their libraries,” she posted.
Ayres told trustees that CDF conducted an audit last year of Allen ISD libraries and found almost 200 books “likely in violation of Texas law,” which prohibits sexually explicit and educationally unsuitable materials.
“I emailed the Supe and Board President privately and asked for a meeting to discuss our findings hoping they would just do the right thing. They refused to meet with me,” she wrote.
“I wish @Allen_ISD had just met privately with @cdfusa when we asked,” added Ayres. “We tried. It didn’t have to be this way.”
Christin Bentley, who heads the State Republican Executive Committee group for the legislative priority to Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids, called Allen ISD’s failure to remove the books or respond to concerns “embarrassing.”
Sexually explicit materials are prohibited in Texas public schools, but districts like Allen ISD continue to ignore the law.
The #txlege must enact financial penalties for schools that sexually groom students by providing them with explicit materials.
“If @AllenISDSupt would just follow the law, parents wouldn’t have to keep reading from the books,” added Bentley. “Embarrassing!”
Bentley also noted the connection between explicit books and the recent epidemic of Texas teachers and school employees accused of sexual misconduct with students.
“When school districts continue to provide pornographic and sexually explicit materials to children, we can certainly expect their employees to prey on the sexualized children. Sexual grooming leads to physical acts of sexual abuse,” posted Bentley.
Parents in Allen and across the state are putting district officials on notice that they expect administrators to follow the law and remove explicit materials unsuitable for school children.
“In Pico vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court gave you full authority over the content in your libraries,” CDF-Texas State Director Tara Schulte told Allen ISD trustees. “They didn’t give it to the feds. They didn’t give it to the state. They gave it to you.”
