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Librarians seek protected scheduling: duty-free lunch, daily prep and administrative time

Ithaca City School District 26 Ithaca Teachers Association bargaining session · October 10, 2025
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Summary

Teacher-librarians proposed scheduling guarantees including duty-free lunch, a daily preparation period and a 40-minute duty-free block for administrative responsibilities, and asked that librarians not be reassigned outside the library without mutual agreement.

A teacher-librarian representative presented a proposal to preserve district FTE for librarians and to codify scheduling protections.

The proposal would require each school building to maintain FTE for a teacher librarian or library-media specialist. Each librarian27s yearly schedule would be created through mutual agreement to meet building needs; daily schedules must include a duty-free lunch, a daily preparation period and a 40-minute duty-free block to handle library administrative responsibilities. Librarians would not be assigned supervisory advisory duties or teaching assignments outside the library without mutual agreement.

District members asked whether the proposal differed from earlier drafts and were told this remains a priority for librarians. The ITA indicated this was the only outstanding librarian proposal returning without revision and asked the district to consider it in ongoing negotiations.

No formal resolution was reached; district staff will review scheduling implications and return with feedback at the next session.