STUDY HALL - cumulative response - part 1

[lori joffe <lkjof@ICDC.COM>]

Hi, Folks.

Thanks for all of the responses to how to handle study hall students.
In order to conserve space, I have left the authors names off the
information.

Lori K Joffe
Librarian
Bensalem High School
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
lkjof@icdc.com

Yes,Lori, we do not have study hall in the library. If study hall
students
need to use the library, they need a note from the teacher who has given

the
assignment. For a few years everytime the proctor was absent the office
sent
the students to the library. I resisted and came up with a plan that I
was
able to implement. There was no room. Truth is I had a couple of
teachers
who love to bring their classes to the library for a "survey of
periodicals"
and whenever I needed them I could always find two classes to occupy the

library. Mean, I know. But it worked. The office no longer even tries to

send the study hall to the library. And the teachers still love to bring

their classes to the library. We now average ten classes a day using the

library for some constructive purpose. I love the crowds.

please let me know if you find any good suggestions on this one--i
sometimes
get up to 70 students at a time in for study hall.

One LMS I know in a high school does not allow students to come to the
library during study hall unless they come in before the school day and
sign up to do so.  They also have to list what subject/class theyare
coming to the library to work on.  This helps to eliminate those who are

coming to just hang out. These students know that they will not get away

with loitering in this library.  Coming to the libraryduring study hall
requires some forethought.  Students know that if they are not there to
do work, theywill be sent back to study hall.

I have a schedule, first come first served for
teachers.  They sign up for the library AND me for that
period.  No study hall if I'm reserved.  Since we're
near the office, the SH aide checks each morning to see
what periods we're open.  If I have a last minute
request, or a spontaneous classroom in, I send a note
down to keep them in study hall.

When you zone your library and have teachers sign up to bring whole
classes, and if the classrooms really use the library, then there is no
room for study hall kids.     We asked teachers signing up to use
specified areas; e.g., social studies sat in the 900s area, science in
the
500 and 600s area, English in the 800s/fic area.  Since this was next to

the 700s and we had only the three large seating areas, the Art classes
also used the 800s area.  We always had a run of carrels that could be
used by individuals with passes any period.  Individuals checked
themselves in and out during the period with a time clock.  They had
three
minutes to return to wherever...study hall or classroom.

We do not have a study hall. This year we will service 2800 students, so

our traffic will be high. I don't know the details of your campus, but
check into your state and district guidelines or policy/procedure
manual. If none, prepare one, and present it to the board and get it
passed so you have something to stand on. If you have a high population
like we do, stress the importance of flexible scheduling and making the
library available for research,etc to students on an as needs basis. If
your campus is short on classrooms, then suggest they use a classroom
where the teacher has a conference period. Hope that helps a little.
Good luck.

We limit the number of students from any study hall to 4.  Our periods
are
45 minutes long.  If the study hall teacher has more than 4 kids with
research passes, they can limit the students to 20 minutes each.  We
usually
have 2-5 study halls a period, except for 8th period when we can have up

to
13.  In that case we limit the students to two per study hall.  Students

must sign in to the library when they come, stating name, study hall
room #,
and purpose for using the library.


end part one

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