[ISLMA-Share] Fines

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I'm at a new school this year that doesn't charge fines, coming from a
school that does. Honestly, I love that we don't charge them. We do require
books to be returned before they check anything else out and we check out
textbooks so kids that might not otherwise care have that incentive to
bring things back. We also check out laptops and head phones so many want
to be able to get those as well.

If they haven't turned them in by the end of the school year we do mark
them lost on their account and have the full price of the book added to
their fees. If they turn them in after that, great -- still no fines. But
if it's truly lost they have to pay for the entire book.

On 27 September 2016 at 11:54, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I don't charge fees. However, students must have my signature on their
> graduation sheet before they can get their diploma. They must take care of
> all charges, books, missing materials and so on.
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Wondering if there are any middle school libraries out there that don't
>> charge fines for late books?
>>
>> How does that work for your library?  Are you chasing after kids to get
>> their books turned in?  Are they more likely to return them without the
>> worry of a fine or more likely to keep them b/c they won't get a fine?
>>
>> Admin has approached me with is opinion of fines and I know I need to
>> prep for when he chooses to have an official conversation about it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Amy Hamernick
>> Teacher Librarian
>> Century Jr. High
>> @AhamernickCJH
>> #CenturyWildcats
>>
>>
>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>> we will get what we've always got."
>> ~Adam Urbanski~
>>
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*Kari Stevenson*, *MLIS*
Teacher-Librarian / Castle View HS
Douglas County Public Schools
303.387.9100
klstevenson at dcsdk12.org
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