School libraries “an untapped resource”

Mock Turtle writes “The Northampton, MA, school system employs only one full-time professional librarian these days: Richard Winnick doubles as Northampton High School librarian and the district library media department head. After 21 years with the school system, Winnick remains committed to his dream job, despite having seen the high school library budget dwindle from $20,000 to $2,000. The Daily Hampshire Gazette profiles Winnick.”

September 21, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. cchp says:
    September 23, 2003 at 7:20 am

    School Libraries
    With all the push to get children to read more, why are we cutting the resource most needed? Seems very short sighted to me. In my school district oodles of money is being spent on classroom libraries. That money should be spent on the school libraries so we could be there for the children before school, after school and durning recess.

    As far as the internet taking the place of the library—any parent who says that to me while in the library is quickly shown a poor, out-dated, non-factual web site and asked if that is what they want their children using for a report that is to be a large part of the semister’s grade.

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