Re: Parental Request

[Rosina Alaimo <Rosella@ATT.NET>]

Here's my 2 cents worth about this issue.

I feel that students, even young ones, should be given the opportunity to
select their own books.  BUT, I also feel that parents have the absolute
right to censor their OWN child's reading.  If they call or write and ask
that I steer THEIR child away from a certain book, author, or topic, I will
respect their wishes.  This is my policy and it has worked for me for many
years.  It also keeps the parents on my side because they know where I
stand.  I have had only a handful of these requests in the past 16 years.

Rosina Alaimo

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Rosina Alaimo
School Library Media Specialist
Maple West Elementary School
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-626-8846; FAX:  716-626-8859
Rosella@att.net
ralaimo@williamsvillek12.org

on 2/1/02 3:13 PM, Chris Beardsley at CMBeard57@AOL.COM wrote:

> I would like to add my two cents in support of Karen and David's perspective.
> As a school librarian, I find it quite discomforting to act as a parent and
> question the students right to a material, regardless of the parents wishes.
> I support that parent's right to be involved in what their child is exposed
> to, particularly when so many aren't.  But (and a big BUT), I am not that
> child's parent.

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