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Our county has a policy that if a student owes ANY money to the school system (library fines, lost text books, band or sports uniforms, etc) they do not get to participate in the graduation ceremony. This begins in grade 6 (our middle school) and continues through junior and senior high school. So, when my 8th and 9th grade students get notices to come see me in the library about lost/overdue books/fines, I point this out to them.. They don't believe me, until I show them the written policy. That helps somewhat. At graduation practice the day before graduation, they actually pull kids out of line and tell them they will not march the next evening if they do not pay their fines. So, we get the money eventually! We also have a comic strip posted in our window.....I believe it's Far Side.... that shows a graduation where the principal is saying to the next diploma recipient, "'whoa, whoa, not so fast....you still owe a fine from "Green Eggs and Ham" that you checked out in elementary school" (paraphrased). Throughout this year, I have sent notices to students, talked to them face to face, sent letters to parents, and made phone calls. and I am amazed at how ineffective it all is. I'm sending out one last batch of notices on Monday. After that, we turn all fines over to the bookkeeper who sends another letter from the principal during the summer. Sometimes that is "scarier" than getting a letter from the librarians! Good luck! Carol H. Peterson N. B. Clements JHS Prince George, VA 8047332730 cpeterson@pgs.k12.va.us Reading takes you places ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _/) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 * To contact an LM_NET Moderator: LM_NET-request@listserv.syr.edu * 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/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------