Re: Gen: LA Times article: school library

[Doyle_Tony <tdoyle@MUHSD.K12.CA.US>]

The situation in the LA Times article is unusual in California only in that
local money is being spent on the library.  The ratio of students to
librarians here is over 8,000:1 and the average library book in our schools
was published in the early 70s.  This year represents the first time in
decades that the state has committed money to improve school libraries, so
as bad as the situation is, there is reason to hope.  Some of us are lucky
enough to work in districts that have maintained professional library staff
even when money was tight, but we are a small minority.

"-  Have I got this right? Or, is someone
really suggesting the owners of education no longer have to provide the
items to make it operate? ...
 Or do the owners of education no longer have to provide
the people who can effectively run parts of the organization to make it
operate? ...
I just might take time from selling those little boxes of cards to do a bit
of teaching.

Gosh, I'm confused.

Earl"


--
Anthony Doyle, Librarian
Livingston HS, Livingston, CA
tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us

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