Pulaski Heights librarian warns board against cutting library clerks, cites state library‑media requirements

Britney Brooks, a library media specialist at Pulaski Heights Middle School, urged the board at the April 10 meeting not to remove classified media clerks from school libraries, saying losing clerks would force libraries to close during class hours or require the district to pay teachers or hourly staff to cover open hours.

Brooks described her daily duties and school context to the board: she said Pulaski Heights serves about 550 students in grades 6–8, that her library operates with free‑flow access for students before school, during lunch and after school, and that she teaches standards‑aligned lessons to roughly 30 English classes (which she sees on a biweekly rotation). Brooks said many library tasks — shelving, checking out books, laminating, processing orders, ID badges and assisting teachers — fall to her media clerk when she is teaching.

Brooks told the board she is a licensed teacher and cited a state‑level…