Re: GEN: Damaged books

[Cheryl Bybee <cbybee@TENET.EDU>]

Of course, charge for a replacement!  Third grade is not too young to
understand the concept of responsibility.
One exception...if the book can be completely fixed by the bindery, I
would just charge the re-bind costs.  I don't know about your district,
but we have a once a year--district-wide--contract to send books to a
bindery for repairs.  This will be cheaper than replacing the book, but
only if the damages are such that a new binding will restore the
book to an acceptable state.

Cheryl
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        Cheryl Bybee, Director of Library Services --  Northside ISD
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On 3 Oct 1995, Kim Sherriff wrote:

> I had a third grader turn in a brand new book and tell me that some pages
> are torn out because her little brother got a hold of it.  I looked and
> the pages were partially torn out of the binder.  I appreciated her
> honesty, yet am in a quandary--do I charge for the whole book ($9.15)?
> What do all of you do when you discover a damaged book and know who is
> responsible (aside from explaining AGAIN how she needs to take care of
> her librar books)?
>
> Kim Sherriff
> GRIMES@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
>
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