Save+Our+DRC

Save our DRC is just what it says. Please put up suggestions, ideas, and classroom impacts of the proposed cuts. Now is the time to take a stand!

Having resources at the DRC saves a lot of money for schools and allows teacher-librarians to supplement their resources. Currently, elementary and secondary schools are well below an acceptable or exemplary standard of funding for a school library collection. According to //Achieving Information Literacy: Standards for School Library Programs in Canada// developed by The Canadian School Library Association and The Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (2003), an elementary school should receive $36+ per student and a secondary school should receive $46+ per student in order to be considered exemplary (p. 35). I receive approximately $18 per student which is well below the $35 or less for below standard and the $36 - $45 for an acceptable school library collection. An exemplary standard for school library collections is $45+. This continuous cutting of funding is interfering with our student's information literacy which is going to have ramifications in the future of these students.

Another issue is that it is ludicrous to think that the schools can share resources and still cover the curriculum in a timely manner. For example, I have four or five teachers who need the French Revolution DVD. We order this DVD from the DRC. Four or five teachers must adjust their lessons to view this resource, so how will all the Socials classes in the district be expected to adjust their lessons. This is an organizational nightmare.

In addition, who is going to deliver these resources through the snail mail? What if someone does not return the item at the due date? Now everyone must adjust their lesson even further.

The DRC is a valuable resource that this report does not even touch on.