Full-class reading of Steinbeck novel to continue in Cd'A

John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" will remain on ninth-grade reading lists for whole-class instruction in the Coeur d'Alene School District.

Tonight, the five-member school board voted 4-1 in favor of leaving it on the list of books available to freshmen teachers to assign to students. An ad hoc curriculum committee had recommended the school district should make the Steinbeck book available to students on a voluntary basis, for use in small groups only.

Trustee Terri Seymour cast the only dissenting vote, stating she does not think the book should be removed from use, but she feels classroom reading of it should be limited to small groups.