Correction: SEC: Who fills in when you're absent?

[David Levin <d-levin@govst.edu>]

Hello LM_NETTERS,

        Are you required to have any classes visit when you are absent for a
period or for a day or more?  Or do you limit the number of students
coming in on a pass and ask teachers not to schedule classes in the
media center in your absence?
        I am fortunate to have two dedicated, hard working media center
assistants (who are not certified teachers or certified librarians) who
are now being told by a school administrator that they must accept a
class of students (with the classroom teacher present), checkout
materials, answer the phones, handle substitute teachers, checkout A/V
equipment, reshelve materials, try to resolve computer difficulties,
etc., etc.  --all of which must be handled in my absence.
        As a result of this, I am surveying "my colleagues of the
internet."
I am curious to know if this is a common scenario among high school
library media professionals.
        Thank you in advance for responding.
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                David Levin, Media Center Director
                    Rich Central High School
                      Olympia Fields, IL
                       d-levin@govst.edu
"The shortest way to do many things is to do one thing at a time."
        ~~Richard Cecil