Tony -
Not cranky! JUSTIFIED! It's history!
Kris Waymire
LHS Media Specialist
Lebanon High School
510 Essex Drive
Lebanon, IN 46052
waymirek@leb.k12.in.us
Ph: 765-482-0400 X 21630
Fax: 765-483-3040
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Anthony Doyle
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:04 PM
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OK, I am just seething today over several things, not the least of which is
library pink slips. So hit delete now if you don't want to hear a cranky
old man vent.
In 2008 our district passed a bond that included doubling the size of my
library and remodeling it, including a real textbook room. Along comes the
housing meltdown and a new superintendent and now there is not enough
bond money for a new library-- a second gym, a pool at another site, yes,
but not a library expansion. Meanwhile our textbook shelves are literally
disintegrating. 3 student aides barely escaped injury when a section
collapsed and several hundred textbooks fell. I was in the back computer
lab and it sounded like a train was coming through the building.
Administrators were notified, photos were taken, emails were exchanged, and
meetings were held. That was 6 months ago. Since then another collapse
crushed a steel ladder. We took the ladder to our shop teacher, who happens
to be our football coach (a good guy and a library supporter). He took a
look at the ladder and walked into the Principal's office and said that the
storage room was a lawsuit waiting to happen and something had to be done
(almost verbatim what I said several times over the last few months). Just
24 hours later maintenance is here, shaking their heads and taking
measurements, getting ready to fix the shelves.
So now I know. Go through the football coach if I want anything done.
Maybe he can get the AC fixed in our back lab (it has only been ten years
now). I am going to ask him to speak at the next board meeting.
AAAARRRRRGGGGGGG!
Tony
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Tony Doyle, Teacher Librarian
Reviewer for School Library journal
Livingston High School
1617 Main St.
Livingston, CA 95334
lhslibrarian@gmail.com
tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us
http://www.lhswolves.org
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