[CASL-L] parent

[Vaghini, T]

I'm my experience, this is how I handle it.

1. Listen carefully to their concerns.
2. Thank the parent for taking an interest in their child s education (in
my experience this disarms/de-escalates the situation)
3. Respond with the reasonable advice you have received from your colleges.
These books are age appropriate and it's the right of the students in the
school to have access to that content. The parent should have the
discussion with their child regarding reading expectations and family
values moving forward.
4. Hold your ground and remember the students are counting on you.

My 3 cents. : ) Good luck.

Mr. V

Thomas Vaghini

Library Media Specialist
Stafford High School
145 Orcuttville Road
Stafford Springs, CT 06076
860.684.4233 x3032



*"[People] occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."   - - Winston
Churchill - -*

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:26 AM, KRISTINE P. EMOND <
emond.kp at easthartford.org> wrote:

>  Hi everyone,
>
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>
> Seeking advice.  This morning a parent of a one of my frequent library
> users/big reader's dad apparently brought into the main office all the
> books his daughter has taken out here and says he no longer wants her
> reading these books.  Two were Gayle Foreman's and two were Elizabeth
> Scott's YA romance.  In my eyes, these are your typical teen romance/love
> stories and fairly tame reading considering what's out there.  The
> secretary field his argument and request and told him to reach out to his
> daughter's assistant principal.  I would like to get my feet on the ground
> with this because I am not interested in policing my 1800 students' book
> choices and I'm not setting a precedent.  Thanks!!
>
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>  *Kristine Emond*
> Library/Media Specialist
> East Hartford High School
> East Hartford, CT 06118
> 860-622-5258
> emond.kp at easthartford.org
>
> *"You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or
> too curious about the world." - Tim Gunn*
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