[LM_NET] Hit: teachers who lose items

[Betsy Ruffin <Betsy.Ruffin@CLEBURNE.K12.TX.US>]

I had 33 responses to my question.  Of those, 16 said they didn't or couldn't 
require the teachers to pay the cost.  Of those 16, 7 expressed a wish that they 
could require payment, particularly due to 1 or 2 teachers who really abused the 
privilege.   10 said they required teachers to pay, sometime by official policy 
some times by unofficial. 1 of these had official policy to charge, but unofficial 
to let it go.  2 indicated they required payment unless there were special 
circumstances.
 
Paraphrasing a few comments:
Some didn't require payment because they felt it was better PR.
Some did require because it holds the teachers to the same standards as the 
students.
A couple of Texas folks mentioned there might be a bill in the legislature stating 
teachers couldn't be held financially responsible.
Some didn't require payment unless there was a habitual offender or large offense ( 
that wasn't resolved between librarian and teacher), then they talked to principal 
about the situation.
 
Thanks to all who responded.
 
 
 
 
Betsy Ruffin
librarian-technologist
Cleburne ISD 
Cleburne, TX
betsy.ruffin@cleburne.k12.tx.us 
 

"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties 
and teach us how to swim." 
Linton Weeks 
(Washington Post article, 13 January 2001, p. C01)
It is the policy of Cleburne ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, 
national origin, gender or handicap in its school programs, services, or activities.

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