We need to have systems in place to help them find books that help them grow, think, and enjoy reading and learning.
Worried about your job? Consider writing an anonymous letter to the editor.īasically, we want kids to be readers. Consider who in your school can work with your PTO, to ask parents and grandparents to write letters to the editor or the school board (bullet 2 below). Show the research that demonstrates the impact that school libraries have on academic achievement (bullet 3 below). We can roar, we can make noise, and help others make noise! Find out how your county or school district fares on this issue (bullet 2 below). Yet, where is the noise? Public libraries and college libraries should be concerned, as they often have to pick up the work of remediation of students with no school media program. Certainly, in this information age, this is an atrocity. People, they are counting on your silence. Not any more! In last week’s blog post, I listed the school districts who have become so bold as to not employ a single media specialist in any of their schools. These cuts happened quietly, and even when a few people figured it out, there was only deafening silence.Ī few years back, some districts would employ one media specialist to cover several schools, to at least put a good face on the situation. Take note media specialists, your great program could be cut too if you don’t engage in raising awareness of this issue. Are parents, grandparents, and community members aware of this issue? Why do I only hear deafening silence? Every time the cuts happen with no outcry, it becomes more acceptable! I know for a fact that some of the school media programs that were cut or eliminated, were the very best! So, the cuts did not happen as a result of a weak program. Part of what bothers me is that I hear no outcry.
And, here is a shocker, 69% of secondary schools have no licensed staff! Without well-stocked, well-staffed school libraries, how are the academic needs of students being met? Certainly, we can do better, we must do better! In school year 2013-2014, 41% of Central MN schools had no licensed media center staff. I am sick about what I am seeing in our region around school libraries. I became a librarian because I am passionate about equitable access to information. Quite honestly, there is no library issue that bothers me more. Last week, I did a blog post about the continued drop in the number of media specialists in Central MN schools.
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