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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maintaining an elementary school for just 168 kids is part of the problem. If they closed these underenrolled schools and had even enrollment numbers across elementary schools, then each school could have a librarian, a stocked library, etc. It is a huge waste of money to have an elementary school with less than 400 students. 
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It's more of a problem is you insist that libraries must have books stocked in shelves. Less so if you feel books could be provided via Overdrive and downloaded to Kindels and Nooks. The person who wrote on behalf of her husband and his poorly stocked library, for example, might be able to stretch the funds he's applying for by seeking grants to fund those devices and then help and assist kids and their parents to use DCPL's Overdrive. Dell has been a major donor to schools in DC. They're generous with tables etc. Again, that same person may be able to stretch those resources and his time to leverage getting them wired into classrooms and educating teachers on accessing leveled Overdrive books from DCPL (they're neatly available by Lexile and other common levels). Maybe that librarian could also help develop coaching around whatever reading curriculum is being used at the school. Readers and Writers Workshop for example hinges on those leveled classroom libraries. He could help submit funding applications to get RazKids and educate parents on how to access it on their hand held devices and tablets, which many low SES kids have at home but no space or regard for books. Etc.

(I was also the one who posted on 'outside the box' thinking. So maybe I can absolve the request for some examples with these ideas here.)[/quote]

ebooks would address the distribution issue, but they're not ideal for young readers, particularly those just learning.  The graphic component is less fully realized than it is with chapter books.

I suspect the state of a given school library reflects the presence (or not) of full or part time librarian.  It's not just a question of acquisitions.

If you could motivate or coach parents to load overdrive or kindle app on phone, why not just utilize the public library as well for paper books so kids don't have to share on their parents' devices?[/quote]

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