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Educators urge Durham Public Schools to protect and fund library media centers
Summary
Library media staff told the board that school library media centers are active instructional hubs and asked the board to preserve licensed media coordinators and per-capita funding, citing sharp increases in circulation and student engagement at several secondary schools.
At the same Durham Public Schools budget hearing, library media staff and teacher-librarians urged the board to continue prioritizing library media centers and staffing.
Kim Gugino, DPS high school media lead, described library media centers as "active, vibrant parts of the school day" and asked the board to "continue to prioritize our library media centers by hiring and…
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