A Seguin resident trying to challenge sexually explicit books in her local school libraries says she was told by the superintendent that taxpayers would fund attorneys used against her.
Lynette Leanox told Texas Scorecard she independently audited the library after learning about new child protection laws, including Senate Bill 13, and found 169 “inappropriate or indecent and profane” titles available to students.
She compiled an extensive spreadsheet with book titles, ratings, and concerning excerpts, then hand-delivered and emailed the list to Seguin ISD Superintendent Jack Lee.
On December 16, Leanox submitted 28 formal book challenges using a Texas Education Agency-adopted form; Lee accepted them without objection and confirmed receipt the next day.
After preparing an additional 141 challenges over Christmas break to cover all 169 titles, she says Lee became visibly agitated on January 6 and refused to accept them, claiming the form was suddenly incorrect, there were “too many” challenges, and the district lacked staff to process them.
Leanox said Lee then warned he would “fight” her with his “whole staff of attorneys” if she persisted and added, “Who do you think is going to pay for mine? You are—the taxpayer.”
She described the comments as an intimidation attempt to silence a community member, arguing that SB 13 does not limit the number of challenges, condition compliance on staffing, or authorize superintendents to reject properly submitted objections.
Among the books Leanox is challenging is “Push,” the novel behind the film “Precious,” which she noted required about 75 percent of sex scenes to be removed just to obtain an R rating.
She said the “very, very rated triple-X” material has no place on Seguin ISD library shelves and that claims such titles build “empathy” for students ignore how graphic content can retraumatize abuse victims and normalize exploitation.
After the confrontation, Leanox retained attorney Jonathan Hullihan through Citizens Defending Freedom, who sent a demand letter to the district and instructed her to resubmit the 141 challenges with the letter and obtain proof of receipt. She praised Hullihan and CDF for “taking this charge on and fighting it with pride [and] honor.”
She says Lee refused to meet with her in person and the district has not acknowledged the additional challenges.
A survivor of severe childhood abuse, Leanox said reading these books ripped the “bandage” off old trauma and left her convinced schools are “grooming and indoctrinating” children instead of protecting them.
Far from being intimidated, she vowed to keep filing challenges until explicit books are removed. She added that every Texas taxpayer should be outraged that a superintendent would threaten to deploy publicly-funded lawyers rather than simply follow state standards.
Seguin ISD and Superintendent Lee did not respond to Texas Scorecard’s request for comment before publication.
