Elementary librarian asks Sullivan County board for $3,000 minimum annual book budget
Stephanie Cronin, a Central Heights Elementary librarian, asked the Sullivan County School Board to adopt a dependable $3,000 minimum annual library budget for 13 elementary and middle schools, saying current per-school allocations (about $990 last year at her school) are inadequate.
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Stephanie Cronin, a librarian at Central Heights Elementary, told the Sullivan County School Board she needs a dependable minimum budget of $3,000 per school to buy roughly 100 new books annually for elementary and middle school libraries. "Librarians need a consistent minimum budget every year to buy books," Cronin said, noting that last year her school received $990, which she said purchased about 39 hardback books for a population of more than 200 students.
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