Library cuts idea

[Kathy Graves <kgraves@SISNET.SSKU.K12.CA.US>]

I'm getting really depressed about hearing of all the librarians and
programs being cut due to the budget crisis and what I feel are penny-wise
pound-foolish reactions by people in administrative positions (including
school boards).  And here is why I say this:  we have the studies
(Colorado, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Massachusetts) which directly correlate
higher student achievement with the presence of fully stocked and staffed
school libraries.  If we know this and have the proof of it, yet schools
and districts refuse to put those programs and staff in place, then isn't
there a case for filing some kind of "educational malpractice" suit against
the state of California, the district, the school?  I'm ready to play
hardball.

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Kathy Graves, IMC Director/Librarian
Siskiyou County Office of Education
609 South Gold Street,
Yreka, CA 96097

e-mail: kgraves@sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us           FAX: 530-842-8436
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Phone:  530-842-8427                            Library: 530-842-8430
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