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On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Josephine Dervan wrote:
> Joni -
>
> I agree that there are some disturbing parts of the bill (more mandatory
> testing , publicizing of test scores, parent choice to remove kids from
> non-performing public schools, etc.). However the ESEA appropriation can
> be a boon to our schools.
>
> When I first began working in schools (1972), we received an annual
> stipend of approximately $5000 for books. This was in the days when you
> could buy a book for $5 or $6. I left the profession to raise my family.
> When I returned in the 1980s the money had dried up and the books on our
> shelves had been bought primarily with ESEA money from the 60s and 70s.
> It is no wonder that many of us had books about the Moon that told us
> how "some day man will reach the Moon" and books about the South that
> told of the "happy life' of the slaves on plantations.
OH... I know. Last year I weeded and pulled books about Hawaii before it
was a state. And that was one of the newer ones! School libraries
definitely - if not desperately - need the support.
It's just that it's sort of a mixed blessing.
J. Rathbun, Librarian | "You may say I'm a dreamer,
Mojave High School | but I'm not the only one..."
Clark County School District |
Las Vegas, Nevada | John Lennon
Email: jrathbun@orednet.org |
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