Wednesday, June 29, 2022

eliminating the librarian positions was still the best option.

Ellensburg School District officials stand by decision to cut librarians

 

Despite criticism from the Ellensburg (WA) community, teachers, and parents, the Ellensburg School District’s decision to cut the certified librarian positions from secondary education hasn’t changed.

Ellensburg Education Association (the ESD teachers’ union) co-presidents Megan Kratzer and Kevin Dwight said their talks with ESD don’t feel like a discussion, and instead they are simply being told what is happening and have no input.

“In other districts, teachers have been able to work more with the administration to come up with plans,” Kratzer said. “We haven’t had specific conversations. We have asked, as a teachers’ union, we asked to have a discussion about how we might better serve our students, but we haven’t gotten to those discussions.”

The EEA meets with the district once a month and on March 14, had a meeting specifically regarding the budget reductions. Kratzer said the union brought forward options that might be alternatives to cutting the librarians but never heard back from the district. Haberer later told the Daily Record the district did look at these options, but eliminating the librarian positions was still the best option.


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