In spring 2018 they eliminated all of the LMS positions k-12 in New Britain as well as reading teachers and made anyone willing to stay a STEAM teacher. The whole STEAM plan went down in flames in 2021 - 2022. The district hired part time clerks to run the school libraries. In the school that I was a STEAM teacher there was usually a different clerk in the library, nobody stayed. In 2022, they posted a LMS position in the high school. I think it was the result of a NEASC visit. At one time in new Britain they had 3 Library Media Specialists. They brought back 1 certified LMS 5 years later.  

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On Feb 23, 2024, at 2:45 PM, CASL Vice President <vicepresident@ctcasl.org> wrote:


Just an FYI, we have NEASC on the docket for a CASL Let's Library PD. Most likely it will happen next academic year.

~Val DiLorenzo
Vice President
CT Association of School Librarians

Connecticut Association of School Librarians' Organization Address:

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On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM Catherine Ryan <cryan@suffield.org> wrote:
I have heard of high school librarians cut from 2 down to 1 and not replaced. 

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
I know of cases where the position of second or third of multiple high school librarians was eliminated and not brought back, or at least replaced "in a timely manner."  I have also heard rumors that John Crowley was not replaced immediately after his retirement from Joel Barlow HS, where I'm currently a para, but that may be hearsay, and there has been a head of the library/tech. department for at least 20 years now.

Cathy Andronik



On Friday, 23 February 2024 at 01:00:58 pm GMT-5, Matthew Cadorette <mcadorette@waterfordschools.org> wrote:


Hi Folks:

 

Does anyone have any knowledge of a school librarian position being removed despite the NEASC recommendation?

 

If the position was removed, was it ever restored?

 

Asking for a friend (no really).

 

Thanks,

Matt

 

Matthew Cadorette

Librarian

Waterford High School

20 Rope Ferry Road

Waterford, CT 06385

(860) 437-6956

 

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     Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut

 

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