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02/06/2007. Long Beach, CA. The Press-Telegram reports: The Long Beach Board of Education called for district staff to do a study of how to fund a potential increase in the number of district librarians. Long Beach librarians told board members that many schools have too few credentialed librarians. Many elementary schools do not have a credentialed librarian on campus five days a week, said Pamela Oehlman, a librarian at Jackie Robinson K-8 school. "Our children deserve more," she said. Board member Mary Stanton said that she supported having more librarians but wanted to study how to provide them in a fiscally sound manner. The district is projected to lose money over the next few years due to an expected decline in enrollment, she said.
Instead of using federal funds to pay for half of the costs of the middle- and K-8 librarians, the district will now use state grant funds, the board decided.
Feb.2, 2007. Anchorage,ALASKA. Members of Alaska's main public education union, NEA-Alaska, are gathering tonight in Anchorage for a three-day summit. More than 400 teachers, school nurses, librarians and education support professionals such as school secretaries, maintenance workers, cafeteria workers, and custodians will gather for the 51st Annual Delegate Assembly.Unions demonstrate solidarity to all workers and high on the priority list for NEA-Alaska is a "living wage for education support professionals."
As of December 16, 2006 as reported in El Defensor Chieftain employees of Socorro Consolidated Schools -- INCLUDING LIBRARIANS--now have collective bargaining power with the school district organized with the AFT.
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