WATCH: LBPSB librarians protest cuts
DORVAL — About a hundred librarians, parents and students stood out in the rain Monday evening to protest layoffs scheduled for the next school year.
“We’re fighting for the children,” Lakeside Academy librarian, Jennifer Woolley told Global News.
“They need proper professionals; not just to read to them, but for archives and acquisitions and research skills.”
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Eighteen elementary school librarians will be out of work come the fall and Barbara Howell is one of them.
“I’m heartbroken for the kids.”
A spokesperson for the Lester B Pearson School Board said it is trying to cope with deep cuts handed down by the province, however Howell doesn’t think plans to use parent volunteers to fill the gap will work.
“I hope the board doesn’t plan to use parents because I haven’t had a volunteer in the library for three years.”
Protesters said they’ll be back at the school board on June 29, for the next board meeting.
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