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Fifth-Graders Step in to Help Fill School's Library Budget Cut Gap
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Budget problems are plaguing schools today, but at Wilmot Elementary in Evergreen, Colo., students are stepping up to help fill at least one of the gaps.
Denver's KUSA, an NBC affiliate, reports that when the school's library aide job was eliminated last year, teacher and librarian Michele Bergeron-Coldsnow created a library apprentice program, asking fifth graders to apply for the post.
"I wanted them to feel like it was important," Bergeron-Coldsnow tells the station. "It did matter and that if they did not show up, it would go undone."
Peter Sweeney and six other students re-shelve books, clean and hand out past-due notices, according to KUSA
"When I help out, I feel good about myself," Peter tells the station. "... It made me realize how hard it is to actually be a librarian," Pete said.
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4-07-2011 @ 10:16AM
momtotwo said...What a good idea. A little community service in a community where the kids see and feel the effects of their helping out. There is nothing wrong with teaching kids now to do helpful things in school.
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4-07-2011 @ 2:23PM
mike hylton said...want to have your kid feel good about doing jobs? let them do them at home,, no way would i ever let my kid do work at school outside of homework class work and sports, we have thrown more money at the school systems in the last couple decades that they have forgot how to manage it and how in tough times to do with less, the well is running dry the old solution of raising taxes and school levies on homeowners is over, to have kids do work of formerly paid adults tells me that the adult formerly doing the job was doing a job that wasnt necessary and took nearly no skills, and such was a waste of money, wake up schools the wallet is empty manage to do with less as we in the real world do
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4-07-2011 @ 6:21PM
Janice said...deport the 50 million illegal aliens that invaded our country and spewed out 4-5 illegal anchor children for Americans to support. getting rid of the invaders and their children will not only create 10's of millions of jobs for Americans but it will also end school overcrowding , prison overcrowding and make the US a much better country, like it used to be.
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