The nominees will be announced to librarians for ordering and pre-reading purposes on February 14th
May 1st is the public announcement of the new nominees.
Lisa Garofalo
School Librarian
Ellington Middle School & Crystal Lake School
Ellington, CT
lgarofalo@ellingtonschools.net
Co-Chair, Nutmeg Steering Committee
From: casl-l-bounces@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Goad, Patricia
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:01 AM
To: David Bilmes; ava.biffer@easthaddamschools.org; christophbarlow@sbcglobal.net
Cc: casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: RE: [CASL-L] Nutmeg Timing
Does anyone know the timetable of when the titles will be announced to us for ordering? In the past we’ve gotten a sneak preview at the CECA/CEMA conference.
Patti Goad
Library Media Specialist
Westbrook Middle School
154 McVeagh Road
Westbrook, CT 06498
860 399-2010
From: casl-l-bounces+pgoad=westbrookctschools.org@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces+pgoad=westbrookctschools.org@mylist.net] On Behalf Of David Bilmes
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:51 PM
To: ava.biffer@easthaddamschools.org; christophbarlow@sbcglobal.net
Cc: casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Nutmeg Timing
Change is hard for all of us sometimes, but in the long run, the new Nutmeg timetable should be better for schools. As Lisa said earlier, the decision was not made lightly.
If you give Scholastic the titles of the Nutmeg books ahead of time, they will provide you with whichever titles they have available. Vendors such as Baker & Taylor and Follett also allow you to encumber funds. You can take the money you normally spend for Nutmeg books and have that money encumbered with a vendor and then when the titles are announced to school librarians, you can use that encumbered money to order your Nutmeg books. Not all school districts allow you to encumber funds, but the vendors are happy to work with you on this.
I'm glad you had a budget this year, Chris, but if you had to spend it all by June 30, you wouldn't have been able to purchase Nutmeg books even if we released the titles in the fall, as in the past.
David Bilmes
Library Media Specialist
Schaghticoke Middle School
23 Hipp Road
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-2204, ext. 113 or 115
bilmesd@newmilfordps.org
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>>> "Chris Barlow" 09/10/12 9:43 PM >>>
I'm in the same boat. I had to spend all of this year's budget by this past June 30, which leaves me no options for ordering any new books this year. (But at least I had a budget, which I wasn't even going to get initially.)
I do have Schloastic Book Fairs, but all the money has to be used for their vouchers, unless I take books off the shelves.
That works ok if the Nutmeg Books are available through Scholastic, but otherwise, my school will miss out on getting the new Nutmegs until next September, which kind of defeats the purpose of the schedule change...
Chris Barlow
LMS
Franklin Elementary School
Stratford, CT