Jeri,
Were priorities being put into place or was Steven Harper throwing the
gauntlet down to both the Superintendent and the alumni sports boosters.
Let's be truthful with ourselves. Football, basketball and sometimes
baseball (usually in the south and west) will be the sports of concern
usually because they draw crowds and bring in revenue. Many people know
which schools were state champions in football or basketball, but I can
guarantee that few people know or much less care if a library or librarian
has been named best in the state. This attitude is not limited to
libraries.
When you think that any transplant surgeon, teacher or even the President of
the United States make far less than many pro athletes, film stars or TV
personalities, it is not difficult to understand that we have fallen down
the rabbit hole and the mad hatter is in charge of library/school funding.
Ray Romano is getting $50,000,000 for 26 episode of Everybody Loves Raymond
next season, what is your library budget?
Remember that should and will are not synonyms, especially when it comes to
funding and life is not fair, learn it early and save yourself much
disappointment.
Clete
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Clete Schirra schirra@sparksd.org
South Park High School 412.655.0613 voice
2178 Ridge Rd. 412.655.1463 fax
South Park, PA 15129
Media Specialist/Network Administrator, South Park High School Media
Center
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin-Historical Review of Pennsylvania 1759
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> Can we discuss the little bit of reality Boston Public addressed in its =
> last two episodes concerning budget cuts?=20
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> While I see it happening here in Texas, I know it is also happening in =
> Massachusetts, California and every other state. I loved the reality in =
> that all the teachers were stressed out and wondering if their name was on
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> "the list." I thought it was great when the principal had a news
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> to announce doing away with sports rather than teachers which are the =
> "heart of the school." He called on the sports star's dad and his company
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> to fund sports if they wanted it.=20
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> While I wanted to cheer, I also wanted to say "get real!" That would never
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> happen here, but it was nice to see priorities put into perspective, even
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> in fiction.
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> Jeri Calcote, Library Media Specialist
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> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>While I see it happening here in Texas, I know it is
also
> happening in Massachusetts, California and every other state. I loved the
> reality in that all the teachers were stressed out and wondering if their
name
> was on "the list." I thought it was great when the principal had a
news
> conference to announce doing away with sports rather than teachers which
are the
> "heart of the school." He called on the sports star's dad and his company
to
> fund sports if they wanted it. </FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT size=1>While I wanted to cheer, I also wanted to say "get
real!" That
> would never happen here, but it was nice to see priorities put into
perspective,
> even in fiction.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV>Jeri Calcote, Library Media Specialist<BR>Graford School, Graford,
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