http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-windsor-essex-catholic-district-school-librariesstaff.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:27 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10582184?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 08:29:05 UTC 10582184 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10542727?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 09:53:07 UTC 10542727 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10536286?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 01:16:32 UTC 10536286 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10536103?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 12:34:39 UTC 10536103 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10535591?utm_medium=rss This is outrageous. Your kid can't google everything, it will make them dumb.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:54:02 UTC 10535591 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10535543?utm_medium=rss Removing libraries from schools?! You can't learn properly without the plethora of knowledge contained in all of those books! When it is time to do a project will you let them google it all? You will have a dumb child.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:47:36 UTC 10535543 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10534071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 07:22:33 UTC 10534071 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10531877?utm_medium=rss Educational facilities should be one of the few places we as humans can actually trust not to cut us off from accurate information and knowledge. This is simply despicable.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 12:25:44 UTC 10531877 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10521387?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 09:08:39 UTC 10521387 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10520750?utm_medium=rss Libraries and librarians provide an invaluable asset to students. Instead of removing these assets invest in it, and promote it so that it will maximize efficiency.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 07:14:50 UTC 10520750 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10520626?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 06:50:30 UTC 10520626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10505815?utm_medium=rss School librarians provide skills, opportunities and support that cannot be reasonably expected from classroom teachers, who already shoulder hefty responsibilities. A school library is a safe place for a student to explore and develop new interests and insights, free from the judgmental attitudes of classroom peers or the home environment. A school without a library is like a house without a kitchen: it is the heart of the educational enterprise.

]]> Sat, 21 May 2011 01:01:05 UTC 10505815 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10504374?utm_medium=rss As a devout Catholic and a youth services librarian, I am appalled by this decision! Surely schools are about knowledge, and the freedom to explore, learn and grow? Libraries are an essential part of that mission. Please reconsider!

]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 05:17:56 UTC 10504374 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10502752?utm_medium=rss You need to know that this is a terrible idea - closing the libraries and laying-off the librarians. Please THINK of the children, and the vital information professionals who will be losing their jobs.

]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 01:25:38 UTC 10502752 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10502617?utm_medium=rss Libraries are essential to students. Without practice evaluating sources and an understanding of school libraries these students will not be prepared for higher education.

]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 01:05:40 UTC 10502617 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10502610?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 May 2011 01:04:58 UTC 10502610 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10497915?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 10:34:22 UTC 10497915 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10497840?utm_medium=rss I believe that students benefit from libaries and trained librarians. It is a disgrace and unfathonable that this Board would even consider such a decision. In this day of technology, it is so much more important for students to have access to and enjoy the love of books as well as knowing how to read and research. This Board should reconsider!!!!!!

]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 10:04:24 UTC 10497840 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10496287?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 03:26:16 UTC 10496287 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10493693?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 08:56:21 UTC 10493693 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10493383?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 08:13:10 UTC 10493383 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10491139?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 12:51:37 UTC 10491139 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10490539?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 08:30:15 UTC 10490539 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10489879?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 05:18:00 UTC 10489879 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10487930?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 12:27:17 UTC 10487930 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10486428?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 08:37:39 UTC 10486428 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10486264?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 08:15:52 UTC 10486264 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10486197?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 08:06:03 UTC 10486197 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10484587?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 03:36:25 UTC 10484587 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483752?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 11:35:07 UTC 10483752 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 10:57:03 UTC 10483644 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483623?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:54 UTC 10483623 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483533?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 10:09:38 UTC 10483533 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483182?utm_medium=rss I don't think that to close the libraries would be of benefit to the young people. Where else are they going to do research? If you close the libraries in the schools the young people that have no means to get to the town libraries, will suffer the consequences. They will never be able to learn the very important tool of research which in higher education is the most important tool in learning. Please reconsider and leave the libraries in the schools.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:09 UTC 10483182 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 07:45:17 UTC 10483136 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483109?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 07:38:01 UTC 10483109 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10482783?utm_medium=rss Short-sighted move must be stopped. Cutting libraries = promoting ignorance.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 06:12:26 UTC 10482783 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10481128?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 02:37:30 UTC 10481128 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10480655?utm_medium=rss An absolutely unacceptable decision, doubly so when made in camera. A library, especially when integrated into an information centre, and available to students during school hours is an invaluable, indeed essential resource. A truly unfortunate decision. Oliver Cromwell said it best: "Gentlemen, in the bowels of Christ, think you not that you may be wrong."

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 01:48:46 UTC 10480655 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10480419?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 01:26:38 UTC 10480419 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10480390?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 01:22:56 UTC 10480390 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10479685?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 12:05:37 UTC 10479685 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10479462?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 11:39:41 UTC 10479462 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10479237?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 11:12:10 UTC 10479237 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10479083?utm_medium=rss Wrong-headed, short-sighted misprision.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:53:08 UTC 10479083 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10478918?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 10:36:08 UTC 10478918 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10477935?utm_medium=rss Go back to the drawing board people and find something else to cut. Libraries are the backbone of schools and you know it.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 08:44:02 UTC 10477935 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10477818?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 08:30:41 UTC 10477818 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10476404?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 06:05:01 UTC 10476404 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473905?utm_medium=rss I have two nieces that attend a school where their library was closed. Both were so upset about this. One is 9 and the other is 6 and Library days were a day they always looked forward too because it gave them a chance to make a choice and pick a book that excited them. Children should be encouraged to read, and by closing the library it is sending a message that reading is not important. I believe this was a VERY poor choice for the Catholic School Board. Maybe public school is the way to go.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 12:37:43 UTC 10473905 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473626?utm_medium=rss keep the libraries open!

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 11:00:22 UTC 10473626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473563?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 10:33:30 UTC 10473563 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473562?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 10:33:02 UTC 10473562 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473434?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 09:50:06 UTC 10473434 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473326?utm_medium=rss As a specialist in information literacy and academic achievement in universities and colleges, I know that school librarians are crucial to the support and training of key information skills such as finding information (over and above everyday googling), evaluating information (whether that information is online or in print form), as well as ethically and effectively using information. School librarians have an irreplaceable role in schools in the information age.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:17:40 UTC 10473326 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473295?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 09:07:57 UTC 10473295 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473282?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 09:05:23 UTC 10473282 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473193?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 08:42:52 UTC 10473193 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473040?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 08:09:58 UTC 10473040 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10473017?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 08:01:29 UTC 10473017 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472978?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 07:50:10 UTC 10472978 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472963?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 07:44:28 UTC 10472963 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472874?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 07:20:44 UTC 10472874 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472815?utm_medium=rss I think to dismantle the library system of a school is a great disadvantage to your students, making them ill-prepared to attend university or college, where libraries are crucial to doing well academically. As well, libraries offer free spaces of imagination and information for students and should be considered a essential educational service.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 07:05:11 UTC 10472815 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472759?utm_medium=rss It is unbelievable that something so educational and that allows children to be creative and open minded would be striped from there learning hands. How sad is it to think that a child who loves to read does not have the option of enjoying a quiet, timeless place to enjoy a book? It is shocking and unacceptable.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 06:51:07 UTC 10472759 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472634?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 06:29:17 UTC 10472634 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472355?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 05:39:43 UTC 10472355 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10472196?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 05:20:33 UTC 10472196 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10471990?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 05:00:52 UTC 10471990 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10471739?utm_medium=rss I attribute most of my academic success to having access to good school libraries. There, I learned to read, to research, and to write. Without libraries, this would not have been possible. I'm now a PhD student at York University. Books are SO important to young students. Please don't take them away. The children need them.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 04:39:47 UTC 10471739 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10471621?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 04:31:30 UTC 10471621 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10471298?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 04:08:40 UTC 10471298 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10470739?utm_medium=rss As an institution responsible for educating our youth, it is unacceptable for the board to remove libraries as they are a fundamental component of literacy. A collaberative discussion on more viable budget cuts needs to happen. You can't change a fundamental part of our children's education without collaberating with all stakeholders, including parents!!!!!

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 03:34:15 UTC 10470739 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10470325?utm_medium=rss First the board of education stops teaching our children cursive writing, their reason being that we are in a computer age and everyone types. Well I think this is absolutely stupid. How are our children ever going to sign their names. Now with the newest smart move on their part, our children will not have a library in school. How does the board of education expect our children to read and learn to do reseach if they do not have a library in the school to go to. STOP taking everything away

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 03:11:34 UTC 10470325 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10470249?utm_medium=rss How do you expect our children to learn to read if you take the library away?? This is a very big mistake!!

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 03:07:00 UTC 10470249 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10470079?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 02:54:25 UTC 10470079 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469760?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 02:32:32 UTC 10469760 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469627?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 02:23:52 UTC 10469627 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469626?utm_medium=rss I don't see any way to foster a love of reading in our youth equal to their school library. Reading in the younger ages is so important that we have entire days and fundraisers (Read a thon) dedicated to this matter and yet the libraries that our taxes go towards funding are yanked out of the schools... This makes no sense

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 02:23:41 UTC 10469626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469585?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 02:20:06 UTC 10469585 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469485?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 02:11:09 UTC 10469485 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469292?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:53:50 UTC 10469292 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469065?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:37:43 UTC 10469065 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468919?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:25:18 UTC 10468919 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468713?utm_medium=rss Libraries are an important resource centre, this should be a right for any student. Reading is very important not just for student now and in the future but for society as a whole!

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 01:09:13 UTC 10468713 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468695?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:08:12 UTC 10468695 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468668?utm_medium=rss I recently relocated to Sudbury from Windsor, Ontario. I believe closing libraries in the Windsor-Essex Catholic School system would be detrimental to the students' access to learning. Cutting costs by closing a necessary educational resource is not forward thinking nor productive.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 01:05:28 UTC 10468668 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468558?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 12:54:40 UTC 10468558 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468445?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 12:41:34 UTC 10468445 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467953?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 11:36:41 UTC 10467953 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467911?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 11:30:54 UTC 10467911 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467801?utm_medium=rss How is a student to differ between what is good and bad on the Internet when researching? That is what the librarian is there for

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 11:10:10 UTC 10467801 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467566?utm_medium=rss Libraries need more funding!

]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 10:40:42 UTC 10467566 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467337?utm_medium=rss This decision is a disgrace.

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