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Teachers and librarians urge WCPSS to create equitable, districtwide library funding policy
Summary
Multiple Wake County school librarians and advocates told the board that library funding varies widely by school and asked the district to adopt a policy ensuring a basic funding floor for all school libraries.
Several school librarians and library advocates used the meeting's public comment period to urge the Wake County Board of Education to adopt a district policy to equitably fund school libraries.
Librarians said current library budgets vary dramatically because funding decisions are left to individual principals and PTAs; speakers said some schools receive no dedicated library funding while others receive tens of thousands of…
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