A Cool Tee and an Update on Libraries in Washington
I posed the question whether you could live without a full time librarian in a school back in August.
After three moms from Spokane, WA (where the cuts were made) were told by their school board chair to “swim upstream to Olympia”, they formed the Washington Coalition for School Libraries and Instructional Technology (WCSLit). They launched a state-wide petition to ensure that Washington students have “Full-time access to libraries and a certified librarian to provide a competitive education in information technology and literacy.” To date, they have 4500 signatures and that is growing daily.
A rally, lots of emails to politicians, and grassroots efforts have kept the potential of a line item for school libraries in the budget alive. and the grassroots efforts is spreading because som parents from Oregon(where I live) were at the rally and will be spearheading an Oregon effort to get libraries funded again in Oregon (libraries and librarians practically went extinct in OR due to lack of funding in the 1990’s).
Here are two great places to find out more:
and their blog: Fund Our Future Blog
The cool tee shirt. These moms have been existing on a shoe string. But you can buy this totally cool tee shirt Cafe Press. Love them!! I will be back to show you mine when it comes.
Well, I am off to write about why we should be funded during this legislative session.
Happy Reading.
MsMac
February 13th, 2008 at 7:34 am
I love the shirt!
I think no matter what state you live in funding for school libraries is always in a precarious state. I just wish some of the opponants would spend the day with one of us and see how valuable we really are not only to the students but to the staff!