Re: [LM_NET] in loco parentis

[Toni Koontz <akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG>]

Here is where working for a private school has the advantage. Parents need 
to agree with the mission of the school to enroll. Thus, when  I am acting 
"in loco parentis" I know that means that the parents will be agreeing with 
my decisions.

In all my years of experience, I have seldom refused to have a book because 
of concerns that I have been reading about.  I have chosen  one book over 
another for various reasons: cost, easier to understand, more likely to be 
read by my students. Once, in the 80's, I did put aside a book about Rio de 
Janeiro that was part of a series I ordered. It showed numerous photos of 
nude beaches. I was in a grade school ( k-8) and knew that it would be 
inappropriate given the age of the students as well as the mission of the 
school.  The information was readily available in another book that I 
ordered. So, I wasn't exactly censoring as choosing the better of the two 
based on my patrons needs. These are decisions that as a professional I 
make.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Brooks" <BrooksLa@NORTHVILLE.K12.MI.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:49 PM
Subject: in loco parentis


> Hi,
>
> So as we act in loco parentis, we "protect" a child from a book. Do we
> act on behalf of what we perceive a majority of parents think and feel?
> Are people that homogeneous? What of the parent who supports
> intellectual freedom with a child in a school that censors?
>
> Laura
>
> Laura Brooks
> Library Media Teacher
> Amerman Elementary School
> Northville, MI
> brooksla@northville.k12.mi.us
>
> "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot,
> nothing is going to get better. It's not."
> -The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
>
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