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The school district has 9 elementary schools, 3 middle, 3 high. There is
no media services coordinator in our district office. Some elementary
schools are small, at least two are @750+.

Problem: We would like to promote Flexible Scheduling, Open Access,
whatever you want to call it in all elementary schools. The district
office says it is a school's decision (re: site-based mgt), but not all
schools have large enrollments. Thus those librarians have open times in
their fixed schedules to allow for other library activities.

QUESTIONS:  How can we promote "flexible scheduling" to be applied
district wide? What should we call it? How can we answer the objections
of those teachers who believe they will lose a planning time? How can we
get teachers to understand that "flexible" scheduling doesn't make the
librarian's job easier?

Any ideas? If you have articles to send, please address them to
Librarian
Concord Elementary School
2701 Calrossie Road
Anderson, SC 29621

Thanks for the input. We don't think this issue should be an individual
principal v librarian topic. We all know most principals would rather
appease teachers because there are more of them. Somehow the librarian is
not viewed as a major contributor to the curriculum of the school.

Looking to hear from others out there! Thanks again.

<dbeach@anderson.sc.fred.org> ------------------ 34.31.15N, 82.39.25E
Daniel R. Beach
Teacher K-12 at Concord Elementary,  Anderson V            Anderson, SC