[LM_NET] Share: Job Cuts

[Harry Coffill <HCoffill@EGRPS.ORG>]

Friends:
 
Last night, the East Grand Rapids School Board budget committee announced pending 
budget cuts for the upcoming school year.
 
Included:
 
Eliminating all elementary para-educators (3 libraries)
Eliminating part-time media specialists Elem/Middle (.7 contract)
Having 1 district media specialist serving 5 district libraries.
 
The "plan" is to man elementary libraries with parent volunteers. Para-eds have 
been left in place at the middle & high school to serve 1,500 kids.
 
So, the personal part is that after 5 years in my position--and increasing student 
yearly circulations from 7,000 a year to 18,000 a year--I'm being rotated back to a 
classroom.
 
The vote for this issue will be in June. Those of you from Michigan, feel free to 
write your legislators about perhaps signing off on a school budget.
 
Harry
 
 
 
Harry F. Coffill
hcoffill@egrps.org 
Teacher-Librarian
East Grand Rapids Middle School
Drama Department
East Grand Rapids High School 
 

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