Hi folks,
I work at a HS so I alway wonder if the notes I send home via US Mail ever
make it into the parent/guardians hands. I stopped holding report cards
because after making a big deal of it, spending hours and hours hounding the
kids and holding just the 16 worst offenders, those report cards were still
on my desk at the end of the next semester with the fines still not paid!!
Then I looked at the grades -- I should have threatened to hand deliver them
to the parent at work instead!!!
Basically I do what I can and try not to visiably mourn over the lost of
books I really liked!
Joanne Benson Glasgow
Library Media Specialist
Evergreen High School
830 SW 116th Street
Seattle, WA 98146
206-433-2311 ext 235 or 236
"It is known that knowledge is power, and power is energy, and energy is
matter, and matter is mass, and therefore large accumulations of knowledge
distort time and space. This is why all bookshops look alike, and why all
second-hand bookshops seem so much larger on the inside - and why all
libraries, everywhere, are connected"
The Science of Discword, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack
Cohen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Davidson [SMTP:jdavidson@SOLOMON393.K12.KS.US]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:53 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Kids paying for books
>
> I have found that when I send a note home with the replacement cost, =
> books come in much more quickly! =20
>
> I am going to be making it a policy for next year that students who did =
> not return or pay for all books this year will only be able to check out =
> one at a time, as opposed to the other kids (k-2 may choose 3 books, 3-6 =
> may choose 5 books). This will allow the 'repeat offenders' to check =
> out, yet there will still be a consequence for not having taken care of =
> their obligations.
>
> I am also trying mild bribery in this, my first year: as each class =
> gets all their books turned in, they get to have a library party- =
> popcorn, sugary candy, Goldfish, etc. Hopefully this will work, because =
> last year the school board cut the extended time, and I now leave at the =
> same time as all the other teachers. I will not be coming in over the =
> summer to do inventory when previously, the librarian had two weeks =
> after school and two weeks before it begins in the fall to deal with =
> inventory, etc.
>
> Thanks to everybody who posts- I don't know what I would do w/o LM_NET. =
> I consider it one of my most crucial professional resources.
>
> Jennifer Davidson, MLS
> jdavidson@solomon393.k12.ks.us
> Elementary Librarian
> Solomon USD 393=20
> Solomon, KS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toni Koontz [mailto:akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:13 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Kids paying for books
>
>
> Years ago I changed the wording to reflect that any monies I charged for
> late, lost or severely damaged books were "fees". Unfortunately, you =
> can't
> always change the wording on reports that are printed out.
>
> Toni Koontz
> akoontz@cdeducation.org
> Media Specialist
> St. Charles Preparatory
> www.cdeducation.org/schools/sc
> Columbus Ohio
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