[ISLMA-Share] Fines

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Our district only charges fines at the high school, and we've done well!
Feel free to email me off-list if you'd like to hear details about our
junior high getting rid of fines last year!  rfuller at rochester3a.net

Ms. Rachel Fuller
Director of Library Media Services
Rochester Community Unit School District
rfuller at rochester3a.net
RHS Library website
<https://sites.google.com/a/rochester3a.net/rochester-c-u-s-d-library/>

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have a 5-8 building and we do not charge fines. We send out a weekly
> email with the students who are overdue and the teachers are wonderful
> about helping us round up books. We also have 2 book drops in our hallway
> so they can drop books without having to come all the way down. We do
> charge for damaged or lost books. There will always be those students who
> we will have to chase but we usually account for every book. Students are
> not allowed to check out a book if they have an overdue item. This helps
> motivate them to return on time.
>
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>
> Hope this helps
>
> Tricia Coffman
>
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> Hi all!
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>
>
> Wondering if there are any middle school libraries out there that don't
> charge fines for late books?
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>
> 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?
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> 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.
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> Thanks!
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>
>
> --
>
> Sincerely,
> Amy Hamernick
> Teacher Librarian
> Century Jr. High
>
> @AhamernickCJH
>
> #CenturyWildcats
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> "If we always do what we've always done,
> we will get what we've always got."
> ~Adam Urbanski~
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