[aisle] Does anyone have the most current data on the number of school librarians in Illinois?

[Deb Kaczar]

Just an FYI, CUSD 300, eliminated 9 elementary school media positions at the end of the ‘21-‘22 school year. Each teacher was at two schools. So, eighteen less libraries have media teachers.

Deb Kaczar

> On Sep 8, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Michelle Harris via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Contact Don Hamerly at Dominican.  He's working on a project that might have current Illinois numbers for you.
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> Michelle Harris
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>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:42 AM Donovan, Marie via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>> Good morning, all—I hope you won’t mind helping me: I’m in the process of finalizing a column I write for the Illinois Reading Council journal with a librarian friend and colleague on the connections between teachers/reading specialists and school librarians. For our upcoming column, we’re focused (yet again) on the loss of school librarians and libraries in our state. In researching the number of funded librarian/media specialist positions for this school year, I’ve hit a wall in finding this out. I realize learning this for private schools probably isn’t possible but I thought I could for public schools—yet I’m stymied in locating a database or other entity that could give me a sense of where we stand.
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>> Is this something AISLE would have or somewhere/someone else?  
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>> Again, I hope you don’t mind my asking. Thank you all in advance for whatever guidance or insights you can share.
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>> Sincerely, m
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>> Marie Ann Donovan, Ed.D.
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