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Board hears Morton/Wharton Academy update and ten-year library partnership growth
Summary
Morton CUSD 709 administrators and Morton Public Library outlined growth in a decade-old intergovernmental agreement: student library accounts rose from 71 to 248, educator checkouts expanded, and district–library outreach delivered more books to classrooms this year.
District staff and community partners updated the board on Morton Academy (also referred to as Wharton Academy) programming and a decade-long partnership with Morton Public Library.
Alyssa Williams of Morton Public Library reviewed the intergovernmental agreement that allows district students living outside library boundaries to receive library cards. She said student library accounts grew from 71 at the program’s start to 248 this school year and described an expanded…
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