[LM_NET] ELEM- Teachers who will not let their class check out

[Beth Davis <bethdavis@FLOYDBOE.NET>]

I have a Kindergarten teacher in my school who will not allow her class to check 
out books.  The first year I was here, 2 years ago, she would not let them checkout 
for the entire year.  Last year, she finally allowed them to check out.  This year 
she is not letting them check out again.  I feel bad for them because the other K 
classes can check out.  I sent home Parent contracts (another hot topic lately) and 
all the parents signed them, so I don't see why they can't check out books.  I 
realize it is not my class and really probably none of my business.  I just hate to 
see a class being the only class in the school that is not allowed to check out 
books.  Year before last, a parent wrote a note to the teacher and asked why her 
child could not check out books.  From then on she let that child only check out a 
book and the rest still could not.  I taught kindergarten for 8 years so I know how 
they can be.  However, many children do not have books in their homes and need to 
be read to nightly.  In the other classes it is a "homework" assignment to have a 
parent read the child's library book to him/ her nightly.  Those classes come daily 
to exchange their books. I am afraid that if I try to talk to her she will feel I 
am telling her how to run her classroom which I would not ever do.  I don't want to 
over step my boundaries so I just sit here and whine I guess. (smile) It just 
really bothers me.  Does this happen in any other schools?
Beth Davis
Media Specialist
Model Elementary School
Rome, GA



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