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School Librarians being cut
Our district has agreed to eliminate all the school librarians but one. That is 17 positions being cut. Its very disheartening and feels like a death in the family. Eight of us will be without jobs next year and wondering how we will make it after 21 years in the district. I was wondering if there are any other school districts that are contemplating cutting school librarians? I was very active before and now I feel like there is no hope. Any suggestions for dealing with this and for maybe trying to find a solution?
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Our Superintendent's budget
Our Superintendent's budget for next school year (Prince George's County, MD) will cut more than half of the school librarian jobs in our district. There will be 88 of us for more than 180 schools. Only our high schools and middle schools with enrollment of more than 1,000 will have a full-time librarian next school year. Those of us who keep our jobs will be assigned to two or three schools next year. The short term gain of 7.4 million dollars in salaries will be eaten up in the loss of school property (books, equipment, computers, etc.) whether through theft or damage. Based upon our seniority list, I know that I will have a job next year, but do I want the job that this BOE has for me?