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Kyrene teacher-librarian tells board district will remove certified librarians from elementary libraries
Summary
At the Feb. 25 Kyrene Governing Board meeting a teacher-librarian said elementary libraries will no longer be staffed by certified teaching librarians for 2025–26 and that library staff were offered classroom positions; the board did not debate the change during the public comment period and the superintendent agreed to follow up.
At the Feb. 25 Kyrene Governing Board meeting, teacher-librarian Katie (Catherine) Formisano told the board that, beginning in the 2025–26 school year, elementary libraries in the district will no longer be staffed by certified teaching librarians and that affected librarians had been offered full-time classroom positions.
Formisano, a teacher librarian at Kyrene Traditional Academy, said the staffing change had been communicated to librarians several weeks earlier and that she and other staff see the move as harmful to students. “I think this is a terrible decision. I believe this…
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