HIT: Handling Heavy Lunchtime Traffic in the Library Part 7

[Peter & Joanne Shawhan <shawhanj@crisny.org>]

Subject:
        HIT: Handling Heavy Lunchtime Traffic in the Library Part 7
   Date:
        Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:30:52 -0500
   From:
        Peter & Joanne Shawhan <shawhanj@crisny.org>
     To:
        lm_net@listerv.syr.edu



No Recreational Use con't
Last year was our first on block.  We have two lunch schedules.  We
allowed students to come to the library during their lunch hour.
Usually other classes and/or students were in the library at that time
working and/or researching or taking tests for other classes.  The
lunch-time visitors tending to visit and hang out with friends.  They
became loud and obnoxious.  This year I said NO.  They were more bother
than I needed.
Louise Jahnke
Riley County high School
Riley, Ks

We are a grade 8 to 12 school of 540 students. My library has 18
computers, 14 have internet access. We have the advantage (or
disadvantage?) of being a Middle/Upper School Library.  Each division
has it's seperate lunch time.  I run lunch just like a regular period.
The students, both upper & middle must behave as though it is any other
period or they pay the same penalties – Middle Schoolers get reported to

the principle & Upper Schoolers may not come back for three days.
Kate Thomas
Wilmington Friends School, DE

Students who come to the libray at lunch must have a purpose.  They may
use the computer lab, check out books, read, or do homework.  If they
are there to play, they are asked to leave to make room for those who
need to be there.
Peggy Burton, Media Specialist
Central A&M Middle School
Assumption, IL
pburton@cam.k12.il.us

I am in a small, rural high school (100 students).  We have about 20-24
min. for lunch.  I close the library during that time.  I'm the only one

here and it's the only break I get.  When I did have the open, the kids
just used it as a place to visit and they can do that elsewhere during
that time.
Carol Sherer
Library Media Specialist
Jetmore High School
Jetmore KS  67854
jetmorhs@pld.com

Recreational Use With No Limitations:

In our brand new high school, no one thought to provide a lounge or
other gathering place for students. I guess the builders thought that
all students would be engaged in academic activities at all times...so
the library becomes a place for kids to hang out. I don't mind before
and after school because the number of students is generally under 25,
but lunches can be a problem. I do
walk around and ask students to leave who are not behaving
appropriately. I remind them that this is a place to study, work
quietly, play chess, etc, but they are not allowed to disrupt other
students who are trying to work. I am trying to work with other teachers

to find a place other than the hallways for students to gather who are
not "working."
Alice O'Grady, Librarian
H M Jackson High School
Mill Creek WA
HSimpson13@aol.com
Alice_O'Grady@everett.wednet.edu
--
Joanne Shawhan
Library Media Specialist
Cobleskill-Richmondville High School
Washington Heights
Cobleskill NY 12043

(518)234-3565 x1151 or x1149
shawhanj@crisny.org
shawhanj@crcs.k12.ny.us

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