Parents save school librarian job

Christine writes A Nice Story on parents at Hacienda Elementary in San Jose, CA Unified School District who saved a school librarian’s position from being eliminated by contributing the $52,000 needed to keep her job. Dayle Moore was recently named San Jose Unified’s Teacher of the Year for her work in the library and community, including a successful accelerated reading program. “If we lost the librarian . . . we’re talking about taking a perfectly wonderful school down to zero,” said parent Tessie Crosby.” Moore will now be called a “resource teacher” since her official position no longer exists. “