TARGET: Swapping AR collections with other schools

[John Livingston <johnliving@EARTHLINK.NET>]

I am currently a 5th grade teacher and librarian-in-training. We have
had AR at our elementary school for the past six years, and we expect
to be using it for the foreseeable future. Students coming to me the
last couple of years are showing some burn out on the program, in
particular complaining that there are the same old titles to look at
year after year. We don't have a lot of room to add to the
collection, so I was wondering if is is feasible to swap a block of
AR titles with another school in the same district? I think we could
come up with the money to buy the tests. We use Alexandria
district-wide.

Any thoughts on whether this would be do-able, or other suggestions
on how to freshen the collection to keep AR interest up, would be
greatly appreciated.

John Livingston
5th Grade Teacher and LMS Wannabee
Smith Elementary
Hampton, Virginia
johnliving@earthlink.net
jlivingston@sbo.hampton.k12.va.us

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