Once you start celebrating literacy, all those kids are going to want back in the library doors, and you‘ll have to repeat steps two through five all over again. Any special events need to disappear from the school calendar. Don’t draw any special attention to national Children’s Book Week, Poetry Month, Battle of the Books, or Dr. Remove interesting signage and timely displays. We’re familiar with what follows when you give a mouse a cookie. They’ll get curious about those banned books and genre displays, and we know what will happen next. Be sure she includes a variety of titles, because who knows what kids really want to read. If she’s not in the library, check the cafeteria or study hall. Do they really need library books? Get the library assistant to pull a bunch from the stacks. If kids don’t come in to the library to do research, you can use the space for baby showers and book fairs. If they’ve never heard of a library catalog, they won’t ask how to use one. Keep kids confused about how a library works. The library’s closed half the time anyway-she needs something to do. Is the sub for the absent classroom teacher a no-show? Call the library assistant. Want someone to open car doors? The library assistant can do that. Need help covering the cafeteria? Ask the library clerk. Hire clerks for next to nothing and make them do whatever you want. If the librarian is gone, and the doors are locked half the time, it won’t be long before those annoying patrons start finding their answers elsewhere. All they do is come in and ask pesky questions at all hours of the day. Tell staff, parents, and students that the library doesn’t offer flexible access anymore. Once they’re out of the picture, it’ll be easier to do what you want with the library. Some are rabble-rousers and troublemakers, and others just won’t get off their soapbox about all the great things libraries can do for kids. Ship them off to traditional classrooms or Timbuktu-just get rid of them. If you really want to get rid of library programs and services, start at the top. However, what I see worries me so much that I just can’t keep my mouth shut. It’s been a painful set of rants and raves to record, and I can’t say I’ve enjoyed it. This is a straightforward, how-to set of instructions for squelching all remnants of library service in a school community.
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