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Marion Public Library tells school board its outreach reaches most new children; offers school-level participation data
Summary
At the Dec. 15 Marion City Schools board meeting, Marion Public Library Executive Director Gary Branson described literacy programs — including Let’s Read 20 and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library — and offered to provide school-by-school participation rates after board members asked for details.
Gary Branson, executive director and fiscal officer of the Marion Public Library, told the Marion City Schools Board of Education at its Dec. 15 meeting that the library’s literacy initiatives work closely with district schools and community partners to put books into children’s hands.
Branson described the Let’s Read 20 program, which brings children’s authors into the community and distributes free copies of books to students, and said the library partners with the district, county schools, United Way and the Marion Community Foundation to run the program. "That is…
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