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Good Morning All! I have a dilemma and need your expert advice. My school serves grades 1-4. We have an on-again-off-again AR program. Our students check out books weekly (and rotate in when we have free time.) In addition, we check out class sets of books to teachers for students to read when there is extra time. What do you do when teachers "lose" these books? Many times, students take them home and just don't return them. They are wise enough to know they aren't checked out to them, so there are no consequences for not returning the books. I made a student classroom check-out list to keep on a clipboard that had the students enter their name, and barcode number for the classroom books, but the teachers complained it was too much trouble. So. What do I do? When I took over this library 2 years ago, teachers had "lost" a total of 52 titles the previous year. What makes it even worse, is that most of these titles are AR books that need to be replaced, as now we have a test, but no book. My principal doesn't want to make the teachers pay for them - so right now, I'm just losing books left and right. It's taking a chunk of my budget to replace these titles, and I feel like I'm not able to get ahead. Students are turning their books in this week and I'm beginning to generate the "still-out" lists for teachers and students. I'd love to be able to take something to my principal to help share the responsibility/accountability for this problem. It may not help me this year, but it could next year. Words of wisdom...anyone? hg Holly Gillum, LMS Anderson Elementary Crossett, AR 71635 exlibrishg@yahoo.com "Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are." ~Mason Cooley -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message 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 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------