Hi,
Our district budget will be unveiled on 3/10. As the second librarian in
an elementary school, I am a little worried, since librarians are not
mandated at the elementary level...let alone TWO of us! (There are well
over 1000 students in our K-5 building)
I believe it was last year that Doug Johnson presented the advantages of a
fixed schedule, one of which was job security. I am sure that is the case
for me. Our teachers are contractually allowed 250 minutes of planning
time per week. I provide 40 of those minutes, which would be hard to make
up elsewhere. I miss working in a flexible schedule, but I'll take a fixed
schedule over no schedule.
It's a sad time for schools.
At 01:04 PM 03/06/2003 -0800, Doreen wrote:
>Hello to all! I haven't seen any discussion on how
>Pataki's budget cuts may be affecting you.
>
>I just got a call today saying that recommendations in
>the district is to cut 2 1/2 librarian positions.
>Unfortunately I would be one of those 2 1/2 cut since
>I'm the second to the last librarian hired. Here I
>thought I would be safe since I wasn't at the bottom
>of the list and had tenure. The librarians in my
>district do plan to present a united front at the next
>board meeting.
>
>I would like any suggestions on what to say, how to
>handle this, etc. The district just spent loads of
>money renovating all the media centers and automating
>(I'm actually still in the process of barcoding with
>the hopes of being automated by September). Any input
>is more than appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>Doreen Shultz
>Library Media Specialist
>Mary G. Clarkson School
>Bay Shore, NY 11706
>shultzdmj@yahoo.com
>
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Molly Clark
Library Media Specialist, serving grades 3-5
Elm St. Elementary (K-5)
Phoenix, NY
mclark2@phoenix.k12.ny.us
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