Re: HIT: Penalty or punishment for "Abandoned" Books - part 1

[Wendy40 <Wendy40@AOL.COM>]

I agree completely, Jill.

I am much more concerned that the children feel free to use the library, and
feel that it is a good place to be, than I am that someone misplaced a book.
I misplace things all the time; sometimes things just happen.  I have found
that the children who misplace a book are already pretty upset about it, and
when I measure the cost of replacing a $15 book (or more commonly, a 2.95
paperback) against making a child fear using the library, it just doesn't
stack up.

Actually, I probably lose just as many books to teachers, or more, all told,
than I do to students, over the course of a year.  What kind of penalties to
you have for the teachers?

Just my two cents worth...

Wendy

Wendy Stoll, librarian
Walden School
Louisville, KY                  Wendy40@aol.com

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