Re: [LM_NET] Share: Job Cuts

[Joanne Seale <books4me@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On the chopping block in Brevard County, Florida is 60 media assistant positions.  
This would leave a media assistant at only 9, the largest high schools, of 82 
schools.  Further down the cut list is the remaining 9 positions.  In addition, the 
superintendent has proposed eliminating 9 media specialists by raising the student 
enrollment cap that results in a second media specialist at a school.

The school board is supposed to vote on May 25th.  They are taking public comments 
but no one really expects it to matter.

Joanne Seale, LMS
Space Coast Jr/Sr High
Cocoa, FL


-----Original Message-----
>From: Harry Coffill <HCoffill@EGRPS.ORG>
>Sent: Apr 27, 2010 8:46 AM
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: [LM_NET] Share: Job Cuts
>
>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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