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Parents, teachers and students urge board to keep site librarians as JUHSD outlines districtwide library plan
Summary
The district presented a plan to hire a district librarian and revise staffing models for school libraries. Staff described a needs-assessment and a timeline; dozens of community members, union leaders and teachers urged the board not to eliminate site librarians and said the district did not follow its equity process.
The Jefferson Union High School District presented a proposal on March 27 to reorganize library services, including hiring a district librarian to lead a districtwide plan for collections, media literacy and AI use. The proposal sparked extended public comment and repeated appeals from teachers, union leaders and parents to preserve site-based librarians at the district’s high schools.
Deputy Superintendent Corinne Baca outlined the district’s vision for libraries as “dynamic, student-centered spaces” that emphasize information and media literacy, a diversified physical and digital collection, staff professional development and an AI-use policy. Baca presented a tentative timeline that calls for hiring a district librarian, conducting site needs assessments and developing implementation plans tailored to each school.
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