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I am a fourth grade teacher and also have been the district librarian for
about six years. Our district has three separate buildings each with a
library and an aide in each to run it. I am in the classroom and do not
work in any of the libraries. The aide at the high school is retiring at
the end of this year. The principal at that building  has decided to not
replace her and is instead teaching the English teachers and the aides
still at the building to check out the books. There is no plan that I know
of to take care of inter-library loan, reshelving books, ordering, etc. He
changes his mind week to week about what to do.  I am told that the
students get everything they need through Pearson (We are one to one). The
superintendent does not feel he can justify having an aide in the high
school library because of the low circulation numbers. However, there is
a career class taught in the library which the library aide helps with and
whose salary is 5/7 paid for through Career Links. The principal wants to
move the career class out of the library for reasons which I am not sure of.

I give a report to the board once a quarter and have spoken to them a
couple of times just to let them know we, the library, are still alive.  I
need help with keeping someone in our high school library and to change the
attitudes of our superintendent and high school principal. I feel the
principals at the junior high and elementary are more supportive. I feel
overwhelmed. I have my hands full just with my classroom. Can you help? Let
me know if you have any suggestions on how to proceed to save our high
school library. Thank you!

-- 
*Vicki Bonnett*
*4th Grade Teacher/District Librarian*
*Havana CUSD 126*


*New Central School215 N. Pearl Havana, IL 62644*


*School (309)-543-2241Cell (309)-338-3443*
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