We learned this afternoon that the district is backing off of its plan to make the 6 smallest elementary schools have 1/2 time teacher-librarians. This is truly wonderful news. The smallest school (under 200 FTE) librarian will be .6, our district library services coordinator will be reduced to .5. So while the news is great, there are still going to be some cuts.
I know that there was a groundswell of community support for libraries. Parents from schools all over the district (not just the 6) email board members, district officials, and legislators. Librarians were working on educating their principals and other district staff. People at the IMD were working on educating district budget officials on the importance of full-time librarians.
Many people are still planning on attending tomorrow night's school board meeting and the librarians will be presenting an informational packet to the board.
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