As the school year closes this year, spend the summer
reading, relaxing, and
then revving up again for the new year. In the January/February 2008
edition
of Knowledge Quest, AASL President Sara Kelly Johns argues the case for
making your parents your most powerful allies.
In the article
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume36/36
3/363main.cfm), she tells the story of the "Spokane Moms" who
recently made
national news while trying to save school librarian positions in their
local
school systems. Her point is, if your program makes a difference to
kids,
their parents will support it. The AASL's grassroot organization, the
Affiliate Assembly, asked the organization for resources for parents to
act
as advocates for school libraries, and to meet that need, AASL created
the
Parent Outreach Task Force, which will be developing action plans for
collaborating with parent groups. Parents as partners? Spend some time
in
the car-rider's line recruiting - you may get way more than you
bargained
for!
