Dear Maxine, I definitely understand your dilemma and have encountered many of the
same issues as you in my middle school library. I am the only LMS with 1100+
students and no aide. I do have some student volunteers that come during two
periods in the day. This is what I have developed. During orientations I issue a
laminated library pass to each teacher. The pass has their name on it and will
admit two students to the library. I stress during orientation that I will not
accept a handwritten pass from a student under any circumstances due to the same
reasons that you have cited. Once I am finish with each class I distribute passes
to the rest of the staff. This includes any out of class teacher including
guidance counselors and administrators. I also distribute lunch passes to the
teacher who supervises the lunch periods. I allow twelve for each lunch period and
leave it to the discretion of the lunch supervisor to distribute them as they see
fit. I give them back !
to him at the end of the day for the next day.
----- Original Message -----From: "Frances King" To: Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005
6:31 PMSubject: [LM_NET] MID: Passes to use the library> I currently require
students to have a pass before they come to thelibrary.> Students may come
during their lunch period or from a class if they havea> pass.> I am trying
to monitor the situation but I am encountering some roadblocks> and would like
to know how you handle student access.> Some of my problems:> 1. Students
want to use the library at lunch time but their subject area> teacher does not
want to write them a pass and wants me to write one forthem.> 2. Teachers write
passes for periods other than their own class, so the> student might have a pass
from a science teacher to be in the libraryduring> their math class.> 3. Gym
teachers write passes to allow students to come to the library todo> homework
instead of taking gym.> 4. Students are cutting classes to come to the library
to play ga!
mes onthe> computers. We also just found out that our filters are not
workingproperly> and students are getting to all kinds of sites. That is being
corrected> immediately.>> My middle school has 1600 students and I am the
only one in the library.It> is difficult to be in all places at once. I do have
a supportiveprincipal> and he wants me to write a new policy this weekend. He
even wants torestrict> teachers from sending a student during their class time
for researchsaying> they have computers in their rooms. I'm not sure I want to
be that> restrictive, because I feel that if it is a legitimate project
thelibrary resources> should be available. What kind of policy do you have? How
many studentsdo> you allow at lunchtime?>> Fran King, Library Media
Specialist> Lincoln Middle School> Passaic, NJ> _Maxine049@aol.com_
(mailto:Maxine049@aol.com)
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