[CALIBK12] CALIBK12 Digest, Vol 23, Issue 28

[Dany'l Van Someren at Pleasant Grove HS]

Next to be cut...the sixth largest school district in Northern
California--Elk Grove Unified School District announced in meetings last
week with teacher librarians and library techs that their mid-year
budget cut proposal includes "eliminating" our K-12 libraries and
staffing.  Thankfully our superintendent has asked our district's budget
committee to consider "cutting things, not people", "safety a top
priority", "maintaining investments for our community and children" and
"academic achievement continuing to be a priority".  Funny how cutting
library "people" who manage the "safety" of libraries and "maintain the
investments" hundreds of thousands of dollars of print and digital
collections which supports "academic achievement" are being indeed being
considered for "elimination"!!! SOS SAVE OUR LIBRARIES!  

Thank you,
Dany'l Van Someren, Teacher Librarian
Pleasant Grove High School/Albiani Middle School Joint Library
Elk Grove, CA 
dvansome at egusd.net

-----Original Message-----
From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Byron Heiser
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:14 AM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] CALIBK12 Digest, Vol 23, Issue 28

calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu writes:
>calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu

Who will be back Next Year?
It is quickly becoming quite apparent that throughout the state many
Teacher Librarians might not be returning to the School Library.  Is it
possible to take a roll count from across the state of which districts
will be eliminating or are in danger of cutting their teacher
librarians?  
Thank You,
Byron Heiser
Teacher Librarian
Site Technology Facilitator
National City Middle School
619-336-2631
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that
threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives
forever, for the better. It's an enormous force for good.  
U.S. President Barack Obama



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