Re: [LM_NET] RANT:Anti-Scholastic movement in my district

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

I am not surprised
Books are an exception under the bid process -- but
you could go to a bid process for book fairs --

same with books

It isn't as bad as you think

I did an RFP when we had the Improving LIteracy Grant
-- and it really worked out great...


We had super discounts, standard cataloging, a
salesperson that pratically lived with us, and the
discount extended to any other purchases for other
depts. that year....

We made some good friends with that one


--- Ron Wagner <Ron.Wagner@VANSD.ORG> wrote:

> In our 2500+ student district, one parent complained
> that Scholastic has a "monopoly" on book orders and
> wanted the distribution of book club materials
> stopped.  Our district lawyer agreed, and took it
> one step further:  We can no longer have book fairs
> that are open during "instructional time" because we
> do not want to allow a company to sell things to
> kids while they should be learning.  We'd have to
> have it open only during recesses or after school. 
> With our 675+ kids, that would not work, so we stand
> to lose hundreds of dollars of book money for
> classrooms.
> 
> Has anyone else even heard of this?  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ron Wagner
> Teacher-Librarian
> Felida Elementary School
> Vancouver, WA
> ron.wagner@vansd.org
> 
>
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Paula Yohe
Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
Dillon School District Two
405 West Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
paula_yohe@yahoo.com


      
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