Re: [LM_NET] overdues

[Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM>]

We publish this type of list to the staff at the high school where I  
work. In addition I would like to add that this year has been our most  
successful year as far as collecting overdue books. What have we done  
differently this year? We started a new program: once a book is  
overdue, the student gets a notice and a warning that if the book is  
not returned, the student will lose computer access. A week later if  
the book is still out, the student gets a second notice that he has  
lost computer access. What this means in our school is that when a  
student is in a class that goes to a computer lab for the hour, that  
student must go to In-school Suspension instead. We also have a  
considerable number of students who are doing online work, so this is  
important to them. This has not worked perfectly, but has been the  
best deterrent that I have ever seen. We have a fraction of the  
overdue books that we usually have. Our book checkout is closed for  
the year and we are down to just 2 (yes, 2) students with overdue  
books in a school of 540.

That said, we may not be able to use this procedure next year as it is  
rather time consuming to administer, and alas, I have lost my  
secretarial help for next year due to budget cuts.


Marsha Redd, Librarian
Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com

Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a  
student. Everyone is a teacher.

On May 21, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Long wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> I have a quick question.  Is it okay to distribute a list of  
> students who have overdue books to my staff through e-mail?   
> or....is this letting myself open to all kinds of grief?
>
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Angela Long
>
> Angela Long
> MSLS
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