The librarians have been facing questions from the district’s lawyers, as an administrative law judge seeks to determine if they should be considered as teachers.
At KQED’s California Report, Krissy Clark reports:
In the basement of a building in downtown L.A., there is a makeshift hearing room where school librarians have been quietly defending their jobs over the last few weeks.
One by one, librarians who got layoff notices this spring sat before a judge, while a school district attorney peppered them with questions about their abilities as teachers. “Do you know how to take attendance?” he’d ask. “How many weeks are in a school year?”
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LA School District Tells Librarians: You’re Not Teachers
My school’s library media specialist is one of the best teachers (to both students and other teachers) in my school. She has a ton of different responsibilities and tackles them gracefully. She’s also done a great job to make technology “happen” at my school. With her in mind, I find this headline appalling. I hope knowing how to take attendance isn’t what makes a teacher.
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My former school district just made the decision to eliminate all librarians from the district and this resonates in our small town community. Thank you for sharing!
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