A workbook used by students at Grant Middle School that has generated controversy among gun-rights supporters has no political agenda and won't be removed from the classroom, Springfield interim Superintendent Bob Hill said Monday.
Since the controversy surfaced online last week, Hill said, he's received a handful of calls and more than a dozen emails.
Gun-rights supporters claim students at Grant Middle School, 1800 W. Monroe St., are being taught that the Second Amendment permits only strictly regulated, registered gun ownership.
Read the article: The State Journal-Register
Illinois: Grant Middle School workbook’s gun-rights description has some up in arms
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