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Parents, media staff urge Pocatello-Chubbuck schools to restore certified elementary librarians
Summary
Multiple former and current district library staff and a parent told the board that cuts to certified elementary librarians have harmed reading supports; speakers asked the district to reassign a certified librarian to an elementary school and to provide more library staffing and resources.
At a Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board meeting, former and current library staff and a parent urged trustees to restore certified elementary librarians and strengthen district library support.
Kaye Turner, a former elementary library teacher, traced the district’s history of media specialists and said the district once staffed certified librarians at every elementary school. "Why have none of them been elementary school library teachers?" she asked, urging the board to place "one qualified, talented librarian full time at Wilcox or Tahi" and monitor…
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