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At our school, all books, texts as well as library books, and any fines or fees must be turned in before a student is permitted to take semester exams. I have a due date for library books the Friday before exams (which are usually on Wed. Thur. and Fri.). I send overdue announcements two weeks before exams and a reminder one week before and turn in a list to the Dean of Students three days before exams with daily updates if necessary. I have not heard of any conflict with our school board over this and it works well. When a student is transferring, etc. the school office contacts me to see if anything is still outstanding. If they get to another school before we can catch them, we send the info to that school and they try to collect books for us. I know in a really large school this would be hard, but it seems to work here. In other schools I have tried Amnesty Days - I did not do the same day each year so it could not be anticipated- and that worked well, also. Toni Koontz, Library Media Specialist St. Charles Preparatory School Columbus, OH akoontz@cdeducation.org Carpe Diem -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Endlich, Rebecca (EWHS) Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:21 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: SEC CA textbooks This is a huge sore point with me as well. I am not in charge of text books but this is also true for library resources. Our state law does allow us to withhold records when transferring and to withhold grade reports, but the main office complained because of their huge stack of reports not issued. So my main office still sends out grade reports. It is possible for a student to hold any number of items for four years and only come to accountability when they want to graduate. If they drop out, we have very little chance of seeing anything. I am also looking for ideas to change this. I am aware of all sorts of reward systems, but most of these have no effect on most high school students. I am afraid it has to get much more stern before anything will shake loose from many students. We did say this year, that students with any fines cannot have a parking permit. But that only affected students with cars and students who got there first, as parking permits are limited to about 40% of the student body. I am very interested in ways to get back our materials in a reasonable amount of time. Rebecca Endlich Librarian Edmonds-Woodway High School endlichr@edmonds.wednet.edu 7600-212th St. SW ph.425-670-7311 ext.6127 Edmonds, WA 98026 fax 425-670-7922 > ---------- > From: Morganza Byrd[SMTP:morganza@HOTMAIL.COM] > Reply To: Morganza Byrd > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:30 AM > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Subject: SEC CA textbooks > > The department leaders at my school have asked me to look into ways that > we > can "force" students to return textbooks. As it stands now, students do > not > really have to return textbooks until their senior year. This is creating > a > problem in that every year we have less and less books available for check > out even though we have plenty of books. > > What I am requesting is this, what is your policy for textbook retrieval? > How successful are you? Are you in compliance with state laws? > > Any assistance would be great, thank you. > > Morganza Byrd, Librarian > West Valley High School > Hemet, CA > morganza@hotmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= > All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. > To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: > listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST > 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. > For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ > Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml > See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: > http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. 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