[aisle] Elimination of Full-Time Librarian In Our Two-School District

[Lester, Kathy]

Hi Karrie,
I see that others have shared some great resources.
Here is a newer ALA Infographic that links to research that may be helpful:
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/stateandlocal/School%20Librarians%20v2.pdf
The front has statements & the back lists the research support.

If you can get parent, student, and teacher voices at the board meeting --
that is always extremely helpful.
In my district, the elementary school librarians had been cut to sharing
buildings & when they advocated for moving back to one per building --
they had a few elementary students speak simply about the school librarian
(as well as parents & staff).
Here in Michigan, school board members tend to listen to parents &
community members.  They were successful in their advocacy.

Also, you could possibly show some important projects or lessons that could
no longer be done with students if the position is cut.
I think the elementary librarians here also spoke to the need to develop
relationships with students to support reading achievement -- that cannot
really be done when one librarian is stretched thinly or traveling between
buildings.

Let me know if you have any questions or are looking for specific resources.
--Kathy

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On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 12:20 PM Karrie Fisher via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I am a full-time librarian in District 31, Glenview, a two-school
> district.  I am in the K-5 building.  We have a full-time librarian in our
> middle school. We are a suburb located north of Chicago.
>
> We were told that next year library classes will *no longer be part of
> the schedule*, and we will have ONE full-time librarian and one full-time
> assistant for both buildings.  The librarian (our MS librarian) will travel
> between the two buildings, as will the assistant.
>
> The eliminated librarian -- me (K-5) -- will be reassigned to a classroom
> teacher position.
>
> To fight for our students and our library programs, we are gathering
> information and research that we will present to our superintendent,
> principals, and BOE.  I know this has happened in other school districts.
> Does anyone have any specific research or antidotes that we could share?
> Has anyone successfully fought for their full-time librarians, students,
> and programs, and gotten a decision reversed?
>
> Any help we can get will be greatly appreciated by us!  Our BOE meeting is
> April 19.
>
> Happily Ever After,
> Karrie Fisher, Library Media Specialist
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