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Guess what? [b]It's most likely not the teacher's policy.[/b] [b]It most likely comes directly from the media teacher[/b] or even directly from admin if it has become a rampant problem. There are not endless funds to replace books that are not returned. When it continues to happen the collection of books for the whole school becomes depleted and there are not funds to replace them. Even though bills are sent home when books go missing for long enough, the majority don't actually pay them. So then the book remains missing from the collection and the school is not reimbursed in order to replace it. Same thing happens with guided reading books that aren't returned. They are sold only in packs of 4-6, so if one book is never returned there aren't enough for an entire reading group and the school has to order an entire new pack, which is expensive.

Solution? Teach your child to put the book in their backpack directly after reading it. Treat it like you would their glasses or their lunchbox. That way if your child has trouble remembering which day is their book exchange day it will always be in their backpack just in case. If they are not finished with it, they can renew it during book exchange and bring it back home. Read it, put in backpack, rinse, repeat.

-teacher[/quote]

What nonsense are you spouting? Is a media teacher not a teacher? Can they not read emails? If a parent emails you and the policy more appropriately sits with another person can you not inform the parent of that, and suggest they contact the right staff directly? 
As to the rest of your email, preventing students who do remember to return books to the library does nothing to prevent or correct what you describe. That's why setting a classroom-wide policy to address the problems of one or two students is so pointless. The media teacher should know exactly who isn't returning books, and can easily address the problem with them. Punishing the entire class is pointless, and it undermines respect. I know my child would recognize the idiocy of the solution presented. [/quote]

Calm down, pitbull.

Schools have rules.  If it's a blanket rule, so be it.  Rules set the tone for the school.  Once you start making exceptions for angry. entitled parents, reputation is harmed.

my advice?  Either play by the rules or find yourself a private school that will bend to every tuition-paying parent.

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