Strength in Numbers

Here is a great article that was posted on a blog called Third Coast Digest about a group of students that came together to save their library and their librarian. I found the article by using the google blog search engine. (http://blogsearch.google.com) After much debate on trying to cut funding for the library, the students rallied around their librarian and formed a group called Rescue our Librarians Club or RLC. The students started a petition and even had a parent set up a website to save their library. After a presentation to the school board the library was saved. They are now trying to lobby an amendment for more federal funding. What a great tip!

"Even though Negron’s job is safe for the next school year, the RLC is not stopping in their quest to build awareness for libraries and librarians. They have lobbied Moore, who is developing an amendment to the No Child Left Behind bill which would provide federal funding for librarians and art, music and gym teachers. They have met with Alberto Retana, the U.S. Department of Education’s Director of Community Outreach, presenting him with copies of their petitions to save librarians. The students are also continuing their petition drive with an online form for adults and printable forms students can circulate among their peers at school. So far they have collected over 800 student signatures in their mission to save libraries and librarians."

Here is the address of the article on the blog.

http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2010/06/why-do-the-students-get-it/