Re: state standards for # students per librarian

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

> While we are being curious, I'm wondering what are various state
> standards for the number of students per librarian.  Ours are 1500 which
> means 3-4 schools per person in elementary school usually.
>
> Paula Neale
> mohmie@coop.crn.gen.mo.us
>
from _The Library Media Center: A Force for Student Excellence_, Texas
Education Agency, 1993, p. 80:
                        Minimum         Average         Exemplary
 Professional:   1 per 1000            1 per 750        1 per 500
                 (a part-time professional
                 for districts with fewer
                 than 500 students)
 Clerical Assistant:   1 per 1000       1 per 750       1 per 500

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