Today in the Philadelphia Inquirer is an article about the Cook-Wissahickon School Elementary. It's a general story about public schools that can be successful, yet are facing tough times because of the School District's budget cuts and the lay-offs of hundreds of teachers (including yours truly).
But I was caught by one line on the first page: "We lost our Spanish teacher, and librarian".
Its not something that most people think of as necessary. But without a librarian, the students at this school won't be able to check books out that interest them. Their classes won't be able to make visits to the library to learn about reading, writing, or research projects (yes, even elementary students need to learn these skills!) Teachers won't be able to work with the librarian to find interesting books that go along with their curriculum. And the library will eventually become disorganized and old with misuse.
This is why we are trying to get Library Build, Inc off the ground! I am very excited by the things we have planned for Rowen Elementary's school library.
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