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Dear LM_NET Friends, I am at a crossroads, and would appreciate any advice. I have worked for 12 years in a middle school in a suburban district. A year ago the district laid off a librarian. The person with lowest senority was in an elementary building. As the elementary librarian provides a part of the contractual teacher planning time, the high school librarian and I last year closed our respective libraries 2 days per week to cover this elementary. In the 2005-06 year, because of elementary configuration changes and growth, we will each close our upper libraries another half day a week to cover a PreK-1 building as well. I started in elementary ed, so I never dreamed how much I would miss middle school kids, as well as so much of the middle school staff interaction. I feel I did neither school justice last year, and this year will be worse. It is physically and emotionally draining. I never had a library tech, and the high school lost theirs. A couple opportunities have come up, and I may have the ability to make a choice. I could: 1) Stay where I am and suck it up; 2) Take a 7th grade math position in the middle school, which I am certified to teach; or, 3) Go to a high school library in the nearby urban district. (The third option is not, of course, a sure thing, and would appreciate any advice on an interview where they are concerned about me moving into a high school position.) Of course job security and salary would be concerns in a move to another district, and I will be weighing that as well, but any insight would be greatly appreciated. Barb Strack __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------