[CASL-L] Nutmeg Timing

[David Bilmes]

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 at newmilfordps.org

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>>> "Chris Barlow"  09/10/12 9:43 PM >>>
P {MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px}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
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From:   Ava Biffer 
  To: Cynthia Armstrong ; Lynch, Joyce 
  Cc: CASL-L at mylist.net 
  Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:04   PM
  Subject: RE: [CASL-L] Nutmeg Timing
  

  Much though I like the   concept of the changed times, it will be
hugely problematic with our budget   process.  Right now, I buy ten
copies of each title (then pass most on to   our LA consultants once
voting has ended).  If we move toward the end of   the year before
learning what the upcoming titles are, it's unlikely I'll be   able to
get the titles at all.
   
  It's unfortunate that the pragmatic   budget considerations will trump
the other considerations, but that's a   process I can't control.
   
  Thanks!
   
   
    Ava M. Biffer
  Library Media Specialist
  Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School
  Moodus, CT 06469
  Voice: 860.873.5081 x129
  Email: ava.biffer at easthaddamschools.org
  "Education is not preparation for life;   education is life itself." 
John Dewey

      From: casl-l-bounces at mylist.net   [casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] On
Behalf Of Cynthia Armstrong   [carmstrong at avon.k12.ct.us]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 7:06   PM
To: Lynch, Joyce
Cc:   CASL-L at mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Nutmeg   Timing


  
    I agree!  I prefer the old time frame, as it gives me time to  
purchase books (while my funds are still available!) and an opportunity
to   read the books/prepare for the public announcement in February.
   
  Thanks,
  Cindi Armstrong   Library Media   Specialist
  Avon Middle   School
  375 West Avon   Road
  Avon, CT    06001




  On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Lynch, Joyce
<lynchj at plainvilleschools.org>   wrote:
  I am just curious     how others feel about the change to the timing
of the Nutmeg announcement     and voting.      

    Our school uses the Nutmegs for     our summer reading program; and
I've always appreciated how there has been     enough time to order the
needed titles, read them, and booktalk them before     the end of the
school year. In addition to the 5 copies of each title that     our
library purchases, the LA department buys 10 copies of each title as    
well. Those are loaned out to the public library to ensure that students
    have access to the the books throughout the summer. 
    

    Now, I am very concerned that     there will not be enough time and
we will have to totally revamp our summer     reading program. 
    

    If this change remains, instead     of our school buying 15 copies
of each title, we will only buy 1     copy.
    

    I'd like to hear what others     think. Do you think this is timing
change will have a positive or a negative     effect on summer reading
in general and the Nutmegs     specifically?
    

    Thanks,
    

-- 
Joyce Lynch
Library Information Teacher
Middle     School of Plainville
150 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT     06062
860-793-3250     

    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    









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