[LM_NET] It's a crucial time to PHONE your legislators about the SKILLs Act

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

    Please feel free to cross-post this anywhere you think school librarians are 
"listening." 
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 I heard from the ALA Washington Office yesterday that RIGHT NOW is a crucial time 
for getting the SKILLs legislation through Congress and that phone calls to our 
senators and representatives are the most effective means of communication for our 
message. Emily Sheketoff and Melanie Anderson of the ALA Washington Office are 
encouraging school librarians to go to the the Washington Office Legislative Action 
Center which provides phone numbers for offices (just search by your zip code) and 
talking points for us to use.
  It's time for Congress to hear our LOUD voices in support of including school 
librarians as highly qualified in NCLB. We don't have to endorse NCLB to be 
included in it when students will benefit so greatly from strong school library 
programs staffed by highly qualified school library media specialists. The ALA 
Washington Office makes it much easier for us to show our support...Just do it! It 
matters for kids. 
   
Thanks so much for your action, Sara 



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Sara Kelly Johns
AASL 2007-08 President
Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest
Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC
34 School Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-2474, ext. 4132
FAX: 518-523-4861
johns@northnet.org
SaraKJohns@aol.com
<http://fromtheinsideout.blogspace.com>

"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson

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