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Renovations in the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, public library
caused a stir in the local home school community because of a
new mural that some home schoolers found offensive. According to
WHTM News, Dawn Gribb, the artist who painted the mural, was
trying to "do something to get the kids to go down to the
children's room." She painted children running around in a park,
each child having the name of a local school on his or her
T-shirt. The one student in the painting, who had "home
schooled" on his shirt, was a young boy sitting on a bench with
a "Wet Paint" sign on it. Gribb says that she was trying to
portray a young toddler who couldn't yet read. Local home
schoolers, however, were offended, believing that the mural
implied that home schooled children cannot read well. Many
called the library or local media to complain. After the
controversy erupted, the New Cumberland Public Library asked
Gribb to paint over the offending shirt. The Library