Rockford Librarians fight for their jobs

An Anonymous Patron writes From RRStar.com: Plastic covers library books throughout the Rockford School District, and librarians wonder who will uncover them come fall.

Libraries were not spared in the $16.5 million the School Board cut this spring amid a $28 million deficit projected for the coming school year. The cut could be among those brought back if Superintendent Dennis Thompson, on the job a month, can find ways to more efficiently use money.”