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Teacher-librarian warns schedule changes have left four elementary libraries without service; asks district for paraprofessional support
Summary
A Valley View teacher-librarian told the board that schedule changes removed library time at four elementary schools and greatly reduced services at others, and asked the district to use evidence-based funding to add paraprofessional library support for large schools.
Katie Thomas, a teacher-librarian at BJ Ward Elementary, addressed the Valley View board during public comment on Sept. 22, saying schedule changes this year have left four elementary libraries with no time to run library programs and have drastically reduced services at others. "Because of our recent changes to the special schedule, four of our elementary schools now have no time at all to run a library program," she said.
Thomas said the loss will cancel district family reading night for 2025–26 and could end other…
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