The new fire safety regs have made our school halls look deserted.
We had to take down everything paper (and our walls were covered with
student work all the time). It happened right about the time the
budget cuts were raining down last spring and, as several people
pointed out, it was all too literal. So the principal got a bunch of
parents with artistic talent to design and paint the walls.
The idea they came up with for the library hall was a huge story book
with all the kids' favorite story characters coming out of it. Cute.
Until someone asked about copyright and I got this sinking feeling
that I should have remembered about this. I alerted the artist
parents yesterday and said I'd check with you all today. One said
she would do the characters freehand, not traced. I said I didn't
think that would make a difference. Am I right that we can't have
Amelia Bedelia, Clifford, Captain Underpants and Swimmy on our walls?
Is getting permission a remote possibility?
sigh!
Johanna
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Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher
Woodland Elementary School (preK-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077
johanna.newsong@rcn.com
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