[CALIBK12] [Bulk] Re: Board presentation in MERCED

[Dana Stemig]

It's interesting that with all of the budget cuts we are seeing around
California, today's paper announced a teacher recruitment fair in Merced!
That seems like money that could have been saved for something else to me.
Dana Stemig
Library Media Teacher
Burbank School
Modesto City Schools District
Modesto, CA
stemig at sbcglobal.net
www.monet.k12.ca.us/burbank/library
www.monet.k12.ca.us/library
 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Morgan
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:02 PM
To: Sue Morgan
Cc: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [CALIBK12] Board presentation in MERCED

This is a great time of year to remind Board Members and Admin about the
importance of School Libraries.  Our Merced elementary/MS LMTs are being
targeted AGAIN as being an easy way of saving money in the year to come.

We were on the board agenda last night (we had 2 horse notice of the agenda
item) and will be on the agenda again next week to discuss the removal of
ALL LMTs in order to turn in a balanced budget to the county.  Needless to
say, Sue's latest email with school library stats is helpful.  We presented
all of this and more for several months last year and were able to keep 9
LMTs for 17 schools.  Not great, but not too terrible either.  Having .5 of
a LMT at each site has had its
negative effects, however.   Everyone of us should have an advocacy
speech in their back pockets, at all times.  Don't let this happen in your
district!

Let's keep up the good fight CALIBBers!  Remember: it's for the children!

Most sincerely yours,
Sarah Morgan
LMT, Merced, CA

On 2/20/08, Sue Morgan <smorgan at blueoakschool.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> Some ideas for presenting information to your school board (or parents 
> at back to school night, or faculty)
>
>
>
> * Keep it short - go for something they will remember when they go 
> home
>
> * Mention money - how much is your library collection worth?
>
> * Use statistics  - I recently did a very "low tech" presentation 
> where I put just the numbers (percentages, ratios, etc. )in BIG (200 
> pt.) font, held those up, then explained them - it helps to reassure 
> the board that school libraries matter, and that they are doing the 
> right thing by supporting the library.
>
> Here are the numbers (You can insert statistics from your own 
> collection to see how it measures up)
>
>
> .23%
>
> of California schools have a credentialed library media teacher on 
> campus part time or more;
>
> .1:889
>
> the average national ratio of library media teachers to students
>
> .51st
>
> California's rank  in the nation with a ...
>
> .5,965:1
>
> ratio of school librarians to students in CA
>
> .17.2
>
> : average number of school library books per K - 12 student in 
> California
>
> .22:
>
> national average of school library books per student
>
> .1972:
>
> Average age of collection of school library books in CA in 1995
>
> .1993;
>
> Average age of collection of school library books in CA in 2005
>
> (These statistics are from the cde website at:
>
>  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/libstats.asp)
>
> Sue Morgan
>
> Librarian/Technology Coordinator
>
> Blue Oak School
>
> Napa, CA
>
>
>
> We are preparing a board presentation in my district and are looking 
> for a theme.  Any good ideas that would tie in with these t-shirts?  
> This year's conference theme has been at the top of my list, but I 
> thought with the creative minds on CALIB something else might spring up...
>
>
>
>   TIA,
>
>
>
>   Teresa Perry
>
>   Library Technician
>
>   Meiners Oaks Elementary
>
>
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