Re: SEC CA textbooks

[Diane H <daichan@ISLANDNET.COM>]

We have the identical problem.  At the start of this year we had $10,000 in
texts not returned.  We have a several pronged approach that we have put in
place this year:
1. we sent out 2 sets of letters home,
2. we are holding dance tickets for kids with overdues (this really works),
3. a reminder on the report cards,
4. sending invoices home,
5. holding yearbooks for kids with overdues at the end of the year.
Of course, all this is a huge expense in staff hours.  One school district
not far from us just hands their list over to a collections agency at the
end of the year.

Diane Gallagher-Hayashi
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
Saanich School District (63)
Saanichton, British Columbia
Canada, V8M 1S8
Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca
daichan@islandnet.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Morganza Byrd" <morganza@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:30 AM
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
>
>
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