[CALIBK12] San Ramon cuts

[Katie Williams]

Dr. Krashen,
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District board voted to cut  
secondary library media teachers to 50% tonight.   This amounts to   
$510,000.00--6 FTE.  This will result in our middle and high school  
libraries being closed 2.5 days per week.  It means that one LMT will  
be responsible for 2 schools, with no clerical help.  Bottom  
line...less access to library resources, and half the instruction.

Katie

Katie Williams
Library Media Teacher
Gale Ranch Middle School
6400 Main Branch Road
San Ramon, Ca 94582
(925)479-1500


There will be a parcel tax in our district which comes before the  
voters in early May.  If this passes budget cuts will be re-considered.


On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Stephen Krashen wrote:

>
> I am trying to find a better way of getting the message across and  
> try to write for a bigger audience - thanks to Anne Hinchcliff for  
> her suggestion!
>
> Please help me.
> Please post or repost any districts that have made cuts in library  
> services and/or librarians in the very recent past.
> Let me know, very briefly, just a few words
> 1. Name of district
> 2. If possible amount of total budget cut
> 3. Specific library impact of the cut
>
> I plan to expand the letter that appeared in the Press-Enterprise  
> about Corona-Norco, but I won't make it much longer.
>
> We have little time before all these cuts become final.
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, stemig at sbcglobal.net <stemig at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> From: stemig at sbcglobal.net <stemig at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] a pale reflection
>> To: skrashen at yahoo.com, "Calibk12 at Listproc. Sjsu. Edu" <calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu 
>> >
>> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 9:49 PM
>> Dr. Krashen,
>> Thank you for being a voice in the wilderness in defense of
>> lbrary services to children throughout California. Please
>> continue to let those in power know. I may not hold the job
>> description of Teacher Librarian but I will always be a
>> Teacher Librarian in my heart. We must persevere. We must
>> continue our advocacy while not burning the bridges behind
>> us. The children of California deserve to have the library
>> services that are taken for granted in other places.
>> Dana Stemig
>> Teacher Librarian
>> Modesto CA
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stephen Krashen <skrashen at yahoo.com>
>>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:27:02
>> To:
>> calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu<calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu>
>> Subject: [CALIBK12] a pale reflection
>>
>>
>>
>> One of my letters got in, but of course they changed it.
>> What was published was a pale reflection of what I wrote.
>> This is why it is a good idea to keep letters very short,
>> whenever possible, so they won't cut anything.
>>
>> The original:
>>
>> Sent to the Press-Enterprise, March 1, 2009
>>
>> I was sad to read about the proposed cuts at Corona-Norco
>> ("Corona-Norco to consider cutting 165 certificated
>> positions," Feb. 28).
>>
>> Local districts throughout the state are being forced to
>> cut positions and reduce services in areas known to help
>> children. For example, Corona-Norco is considering dropping
>> five school librarians; there is strong evidence that
>> library quality, library staffing and the presence of a
>> credentialed school are related to reading scores.
>> California has among the lowest reading scores and the
>> fewest school librarians per student in the nation.
>>
>> At the same time, the state continues to fund budget items
>> that are at best useless and may be harmful. Right now,
>> California taxpayers pay for a High School Exit Exam,
>> high-stakes standardized tests for second graders (No Child
>> Left Behind only requires tests starting at third grade),
>> and a fancy computerized PE test (the
>> "Fitnessgram"). Research has so far failed to find
>> any benefit for these tests.
>>
>> Dumping these useless (and painful) tests would save a
>> billion dollars every few years, and take some of the
>> financial pressure off school districts.
>>
>> Stephen Krashen
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CALIBK12 site list
> CALIBK12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/calibk12
>
> For information about the Calibk12 listserve, please
> visit  http://www.calibk12.net.