Overview
- County commissioners voted 3–2 on Dec. 8 to dissolve the nine-member Randolph County library board after trustees kept Call Me Max in the children’s section under library policy.
- The trustees had voted 5–2 in October to retain the picture book by Kyle Lukoff following a patron complaint.
- A county public information officer said the book remains available to check out from Randolph libraries.
- Free‑expression advocates, including PEN America’s Kasey Meehan, called the action an unusually harsh escalation over a single title.
- The move is permitted under North Carolina law but is rarely used, and commissioners have not detailed plans to appoint a new board.