Before I retired from my elementary school library position, I made it my business
to remain busy all day even when I was not working with students in my fixed
schedule. I made sure that staff and administrators knew that I was not sitting
around all unscheduled periods eating bonbons or worse actually reading.
That way when the annual budget crunch time came around, I would not be the one
first person who they decided could be eliminated or get more assigned tasks.
When they did cut our numbers, my parent volunteers who worked along side me for
many years, came out in force to board meetings to demand the restoration of full
time librarians in all our elementary schools. At my retirement party the
Superintendent referred to me as the person who "singlehandedly" got full
elementary librarians restored in the district.
That's a nice way to be remembered even if it was a bit of an exaggeration.
Jo
Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout
dervan at optonline.net
He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero
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