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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello!

It is so incredibly heartwarming to experience the outpouring of support for DCPS school libraries as we continue to build a program to serve our students and school community. Thank you!

Donations of quality children’s and young adult books will increase student access to literature in the classroom and at home. Due to the associated costs and labor to process donated books for inclusion in the library collection, book donations will either be offered to teachers to add to their classroom library or be made available directly for students to take home. Please understand that we may not be able to accept some donated items due to age, condition, or content.  Please email dcps.partnerships@dc.gov if you are interested in donating books.

To support and build our school libraries, Chancellor Henderson has budgeted $20 per pupil for the purchase of library resources in school year 2015-16 (this has been in the works for more than a year).  You can help support this effort by joining the DC Public Education Fund’s campaign to build the best urban school library program in the country.  Please follow this link to donate http://www.dceducationfund.org, click, “Donate Now” and select, “Designate DCPS Libraries.”

Money collected will be distributed to school libraries based on the priority needs of the school library collection. The library media specialist at the school will be able to order books that meet the specific needs of their school which are processed, cataloged, and ready to shelve.

Again, we truly appreciate your support! If you are interested in volunteering in a DCPS school library, please contact me as we can always use some extra hands to help with book circulation!

Jennifer Boudrye
Director, Library Programs
Office of Teaching and Learning 
District of Columbia Public Schools
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, DC  20002
O 202.442.4452
E Jennifer.boudrye@dc.gov

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Thank you, Jennifer for posting.  I really appreciate you taking the time to weigh in and letting us know what would be most helpful. I'm hoping that the links you posted here can be more widely and regularly publicized to the entire city so we can collectively make a big difference and improvement to the school libraries and really help out the schools that are in need.[/quote]

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