School district rescinds decision on banned book

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) - A suburban St. Louis school district has reversed its earlier decision to remove a book from its school libraries in the face of criticism and a class-action lawsuit.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Wentzville School Board on Friday accepted a review committee's recommendation to retain Toni Morrison's ``The Bluest Eye,'' which it had previously banned because of its explicit descriptions of sex, violence, rape and incest.

School board vice president Daniel Brice says the district should ``tighten its policies'' regarding some books, but he notes that parents already had the right to request that certain titles not be available to their children.