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I also work in a Title I school.

When we have this situation, I first check with the office to make sure of
the difficulty with payment. If I'm right, I let the student work it off.
For us it's 2 or 3 half hour increments - often not the value of the book,
but enough that they get what's going on. If we have interaction with the
parents, the parents are welcome to come work alongside their child.

Also, I sometimes have a student bring in their allowance or other money
that they have, and I accept that as payment and waive the rest of the fine.

Our administration is on board with these policies, but implementation is
left to Media staff discretion.


On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have allowed the student (when they are on free or reduced lunch
> list--this is a good & fair way to determine income) to work it off but
> helping me dust, wipe off tables for 1/2 hour each Friday after school for
> a month.  Some duration so it makes an impact but not too burdensome for
> those that parents have to pick up.  I'm rural and a high school.
>
> Kristine Schauff, Media Specialist
> Rock Falls High School
> 101 - 12th Ave.
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> Rock Falls, IL 61071
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> schauffk at rfhs301.org
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>
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I let them donate another age appropriate book to the library. Sometime
>> they have something at home; other times they get something from a second
>> hand store for a dollar or two. I only do this after an extended period of
>> trying to get the original book back. This way there is a consequence to
>> their action. I eventually use the donated books as give-aways for Family
>> Reading Night and other events.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I work in a Title One school.  Some families are extremely poor.  There
>>> are about 5 or 10 students who have lost their library books and I don't
>>> think they can pay for it.  I want them to be able to borrow books again
>>> but I have to have some type of policy to determine who gets a pass on
>>> paying for the book and a way to make it fair.
>>>
>>> I'm going to talk to my  principal but want some suggestions first.
>>> What do all of you do when a child can't pay?
>>>
>>> My ideas are:
>>> let them work it off
>>> let them pay a $1 a week but this is hard to keep track of
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sue Meegan
>>> Hoover School
>>> Calumet city
>>>
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>> Donna Brockmeyer
>> Media Clerk
>> District 110, Grant and Illini
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