A very good teacher once told me that there are many types of "Teachable
Moments". A book Fair can be very instructional as well as fun - and fit in
with many points in the curriculum - independent reading selection and
appreciation, math, decision making, life skills, community services
(appreciation of what is needed to help the school).
If the objection is to the company- Scholastic- then perhaps that parent
can be asked to help find alternative for Scholastic that will help generate
the much needed money.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus, Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Wagner" <Ron.Wagner@VANSD.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: RANT:Anti-Scholastic movement in my district
> In our 2500+ student district, one parent complained that Scholastic has a
> "monopoly" on book orders and wanted the distribution of book club
> materials stopped. Our district lawyer agreed, and took it one step
> further: We can no longer have book fairs that are open during
> "instructional time" because we do not want to allow a company to sell
> things to kids while they should be learning. We'd have to have it open
> only during recesses or after school. With our 675+ kids, that would not
> work, so we stand to lose hundreds of dollars of book money for
> classrooms.
>
> Has anyone else even heard of this?
>
>
>
>
>
> Ron Wagner
> Teacher-Librarian
> Felida Elementary School
> Vancouver, WA
> ron.wagner@vansd.org
>
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