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Dear LM_NETTERS: I saw this on the K12.teacehr newsgroup (oops thats teacher). I have gotten permission from Peter Milbury to repost to this list. I have also called the local town hall in Waynesboro to verify it is a true story. I'm posting the original request, as well as the response I rec'd when I asked about the library. I hope some people out there can help these teachers, students, and librarians. > Here is the message as was posted in a newsgroup: > On Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, juvenile arsonists destroyed > Shenandoah Heights Elementary School in the small community of > Waynesboro, Virginia. > 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers lost *everything* in > the fire, and they are desperately in need of books, posters, > units--everything they'd collected in their years of teaching. > If you could help by sending one book appropriate for > these grades, a poster or unit--or *anything* you know that > they'll need to try to start over, it would mean so much. > Donated items may be sent to: > Shenandoah Heights > c/o Wayne Hills Elementary > 937 Fir St. > Waynesboro, VA 22980 > Thank you for allowing me to use this network to appeal > for help for these teachers--as fellow teachers, I'm sure you > can understand how devastating this has been for the staff and > faculty (and students) at Shenandoah Heights. > > --- > Sharon Barrett Kennedy > Greer Elementary School > 2055 Lambs Rd. > Charlottesville, VA 22901 > 804-973-8371 I asked Sharon about the status of the library...here's her reply... > Dear Suzanne-- > I think that the library was also destroyed, but I > don't know for sure. My contact with Shenandoah Heights is a > teacher at Greer whose daughter attended the school that was > burned. I'll check with her in the next couple of days and get > back with you, but I know that one of their most urgent > requests was for hard-cover books, so odds are, the library was > destroyed along with everything else. > Thanks so much for your offer to help--I'm passing > along all messages that I receive to the teachers there, and I > think it's helped them to know that caring people are thinking > about them and offering to help! > -- > Sharon Barrett Kennedy > I checked with the local police and they confirmed, that YES, the library was destroyed. The school serves about 300 students grades 1-3. Suzanne Weinheimer, LMS, S Mountain School, S Orange NJ email: suewho321@delphi.com NOTE: The opinions expressed are my own