Salinas had requested the materials be removed "from the total environment." The process moved quickly: Just one week after Salinas filed her complaints on March 29, the school committee decided most of the books on her list should not be seen by younger students. Salinas also filed complaints about four other books: The ABCs of Black History Cuban Kids Countries in the News Cuba and Love to Langston. Her book has educational value, the committee said - but it added that the "vocabulary used in the poem was determined to be of value for middle school students." During the school's review, an eight-person committee clarified that point, noting Gorman's place in history as the first National Youth Poet Laureate and the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration. The complaint about Gorman's poem does not mention her, incorrectly asserting that the author or publisher was Oprah Winfrey - who wrote the book's foreword. A parent with students at Bob Graham Education Center challenged the inclusion of a famous poem by Amanda Gorman on the school's shelves.
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