Re: Noise and other problems

["Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchanan1@home.com>]

I have the same problem that Jeanna Dennis has with teachers and other
adults in the library workroom but another situation has come up that really
upsets me.  The principal allows the library to be used for events such as
fund raiser distributions, pictures, and after-school meetings (not counting
faculty meetings) without any regard to my schedule, program, or what I am
doing.  This afternoon I had told some teachers that they could use the
library computers to complete mandatory professional development that we had
to read using a CD when a student walked in with food for a math meeting
that had not even been mentioned to me first.  I was required to change my
schedule (or travel to classrooms) several weeks ago so that the PTA could
use the library to distribute the fund raising materials. Then when I got
back I had to try to find someone to remove the items that had not been
picked up so that I could have classes.

When I try to talk with the principal about it he tells me to be flexible
and that the library is for everyone.  I see it as a lack of respect for the
library program.  Does anyone else have this problem?

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Madeline L. Buchanan
Library Media Specialist
W. J. Christian School (K-8)
Birmingham, AL
Voice: (205) 231-5277 or 838-7666
Fax: (205) 231-5279
Email: mlbuchanan1@home.com
http://members.home.com/mlbuchanan1/
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"The imagination should be allowed a certain
amount of time to browse around."
--Thomas Merton
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