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Rockford School Libraries Ask for Restored FundingSchool librarians and library aides in Rockford, Illinois, are hoping to have their jobs restored this fall if Superintendent Dennis Thompson can find ways to replace nearly $600,000 in cuts to the school district’s budget approved in the spring. If alternative savings cannot be found, the district’s 38 elementary schools will only be staffed by eight aides and no professionals, the Rockford Register Star reported June 8. Library staffers presented petitions to the school board June 8 to reinstate their jobs.Thompson predicted June 4 there was a greater than 50/50 chance he could pull it off by the July 20 deadline for finalizing the budget, adding that library funding was “rising to the top of the list of priorities.” The current 2004–05 budget calls to eliminate 2.5 middle-school librarians, a part-time Montessori librarian, two library positions at the central office, and 31 elementary-school library aides. The school board has projected a $28-million deficit for the upcoming school year. Posted June 11, 2004. |
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