Marsha Redd wrote:
> I'm afraid I have to agree with David on this one. Mail that is
> addressed to you at a place of business or at a school is different
> from mail that is addressed to you at home. I'm no lawyer, but I think
> that since the school owns the mailboxes, they have the authority to
> control what goes in them, just as they do with email. And if we're
> talking about a magazine that was purchased with school funds, you are
> simply the administrator of the materials, not the owner. I know of
> districts that have cracked down on personal business via school
> email. I think print mail may fall under the same kinds of rules. I
> don't, however, believe that "anyone" in the school could make such
> decisions about the mail. I think it would have to be a person of
> authority such as a principal or his/her agent acting on the
> principal's instructions.
Some of my periodicals have my name on them and the school name, some
have just one or the other. Some of our teachers get some magazines
addressed to them here at school, even though they are personal
subscriptions. No matter what it is, it goes in the teacher's mailbox
(or sometimes a box somewhere close!). Personal packages regularly are
delivered to teachers here at school because it is MUCH safer. How in
the world would someone know whether it is a personal subscription or
school subscription (other than the fact that I am well known as
sports-ignorant)?
--
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
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