Good morning all,

I am wondering how other high schools are managing the problem of access to curriculum novel sets in this new world that we live in. Our English Dept. books are in a locked - up building. We are working with Sora to look at Class Set and Per-Circ purchasing options, but wonder if there are any other ideas.

Thanks, and be well,

Barb Lyons

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All,

Please read thru what the publishers require as far as creating video read alouds. We need to inform our staff and model legal use ourselves.

See below.

Jane

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