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District librarians tout rising circulation, digital access and curriculum-connected programming
Summary
Victor Central's library team reported expanded collections, high circulation and curricular integration across preK-12: the Early Childhood School cited over 20,000 circulations, the primary level nearly 40,000 checkouts, and junior-high/high-school libraries reported thousands of student visits and a collection including ~2,200 digital titles.
Angela Afranti, director of technology, introduced the district's library presentation and turned the report over to library staff who laid out a program review and operational metrics from the 2023-24 review and the current school year.
Christina Burke, library media specialist at the Early Childhood School, said the ECS focuses on foundational literacy, project-based connections to stories and broad access; she reported "over 20,000 circulations this year" and more than 1,000 new books added to the collection.
At the primary-school level presenters said they delivered nearly 40,000 checkouts and more than 400 lessons, emphasizing guaranteed experiences such as book tastings and orientation along with enrichment opportunities. The intermediate-school presentation described growing student ownership, volunteer opportunities and curricular projects such as aquifer analysis and simulation activities.
Danielle Westbrook summarized junior-high and high-school programming: the junior high used gamified and inquiry-based lessons to build research skills and reported more than 11,000 student visits; the high school emphasized research instruction, independent reading and maker spaces and reported a collection of roughly 9,500 items including approximately 2,200 digital titles and nearly 500 new purchases.
Presenters described digital access through the Sora app (the school version of Libby) that provides ebooks and audiobooks on student devices and noted partnerships with the OWL public-library system to expand available digital content. Trustees praised the libraries and asked about how librarians collaborate with classroom teachers; librarians described organic collaboration, curriculum writing and informal meetings that turn into classroom partnerships.
No board action was required; trustees thanked library staff for the program work and student-focused initiatives.
