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

Wed Apr 6 07:15:44 CDT 2022

Thank you, Kathy, and to all of you who have responded to my distress
call.  I'm sorry this has happened to so many of us.  I truly appreciate
all of you and your wonderful suggestions and resources.  I am preparing a
statement to present at our  BOE meeting on April 19.  I'm hoping some
teachers will be there, just to show support.

This group has been a God-send to me!  Thank you!

Happily Ever After,
Karrie Fisher, Library Media Specialist
[image: Bitmoji Image]
*Winkelman Library Resources: Click HERE
<http://district31.follettdestiny.com/> for the Card Catalog!*

Winkelman School * 1919 Landwehr Road * Glenview, IL  60026
847-729-5650 * Fax 847-729-5654

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 4:49 AM Lester, Kathy via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
> Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
> *Advocacy Co-Chair, Past-President 2014, *
> Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)
> *President-Elect, 2021-2022*
> American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
> *Councilor At Large*
> American Library Association (ALA)
> *School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach, *
> *East Middle School, Plymouth-Canton Schools*
> *SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018*
> *SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century
> 2019-2022*
> *ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner*
> *2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year*
> *2012 **State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner*
> kathyL at mimame.org
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> 810.333.5873
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> <https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/proclamations/2022/04/01/april-2022-school-library-month>*
> "Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian"
> --American Association of School Librarians
> <http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/advocacy/tools/docs/AASL_Position_Statement_Effective_SLP_2018.pdf>
>  (AASL)
>
>
> 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
>> [image: Bitmoji Image]
>> *Winkelman Library Resources: Click HERE
>> <http://district31.follettdestiny.com/> for the Card Catalog!*
>>
>> Winkelman School * 1919 Landwehr Road * Glenview, IL  60026
>> 847-729-5650 * Fax 847-729-5654
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