http://gopetition.com/signatures/supporting-strong-libraries-in-portland-public-schools.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:32 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3807744?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:47:34 UTC 3807744 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3803305?utm_medium=rss Trained school library staff make all the difference, in curriculum support, integrated learning, and fostering students' lifelong relationship with books, reading and thinking. Librarians are often the glue holding a school together. We need them and the students need them.

]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:56:27 UTC 3803305 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3802531?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:46:48 UTC 3802531 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3801963?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:38:26 UTC 3801963 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3797675?utm_medium=rss My son is a student in Portland Public Schools. My husband and I are active in the PTA. We have seen a steady degradation of school libraries and library students. We have no library staff at the middle school level. Student research skills and access to quality literature are suffering greatly. Every elementary, middle and high school needs a librarian!

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:07:03 UTC 3797675 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3790951?utm_medium=rss Proper library staffing (certified and classified) is inportant to the running of a library program.

]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:51:54 UTC 3790951 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3790401?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:23:04 UTC 3790401 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3790030?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:27:55 UTC 3790030 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3789228?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:03:46 UTC 3789228 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3785105?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:34:09 UTC 3785105 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3780348?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:32:45 UTC 3780348 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3780328?utm_medium=rss I work for Multnomah County Library. I have 2 kids at Mt. Tabor Middle School and have volunteered at the library there, as well as the Atkinson Library. I have seen these librarians in action and consider what they do absolutely vital to the curriculum.

]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:26:50 UTC 3780328 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3780116?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:44:04 UTC 3780116 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3779901?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:43:27 UTC 3779901 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3774623?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:11 UTC 3774623 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3774540?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:28:24 UTC 3774540 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3773704?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:43:00 UTC 3773704 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3770752?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:24:46 UTC 3770752 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3770049?utm_medium=rss School libraries support a child's education; please support our community by honoring this petition.

]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:20:40 UTC 3770049 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769958?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:54:38 UTC 3769958 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769830?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:09:25 UTC 3769830 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769655?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:24:37 UTC 3769655 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769499?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:49:35 UTC 3769499 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769286?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:52:30 UTC 3769286 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3769065?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:48:45 UTC 3769065 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3765922?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:54:02 UTC 3765922 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3765565?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:39:30 UTC 3765565 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3765291?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:12:19 UTC 3765291 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3765078?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:01:04 UTC 3765078 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764968?utm_medium=rss Libraries and librarians bring skills that help immensely when people are searching for information. It's not as simple as googling something to find out about it. Let's keep the libraries please!

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]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:55:05 UTC 3764455 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764423?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:45:45 UTC 3764423 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764400?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:34:48 UTC 3764400 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764367?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:21:41 UTC 3764367 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764295?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:54:18 UTC 3764295 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764264?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:42:32 UTC 3764264 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3764173?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:02:09 UTC 3764173 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3763438?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:43:48 UTC 3763438 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3761035?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:30:50 UTC 3761035 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3761025?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:28:30 UTC 3761025 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760990?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:10:35 UTC 3760990 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760922?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:43:23 UTC 3760922 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760915?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:38:10 UTC 3760915 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760884?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:27:14 UTC 3760884 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:04:59 UTC 3760824 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760773?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:50:19 UTC 3760773 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760748?utm_medium=rss Libraries are one of the few places where you can get a very good education, for almost no cost. It's a sad loss to our society when people are prevented from learning information, or how to find information because the institutions which provide that learning are missing.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:41:55 UTC 3760748 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760734?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:38:33 UTC 3760734 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760690?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:19:43 UTC 3760690 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760688?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:18:54 UTC 3760688 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760660?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:10:00 UTC 3760660 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760649?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:05:16 UTC 3760649 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760612?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:44:30 UTC 3760612 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760581?utm_medium=rss There is a demonstrable need for good school libraries and good school librarians. When the school library and librarian go away, the need doesn't go away, it just gets farmed out, to families without the knowledge or resources to offer adequate academic support and love of literacy or to public libraries already struggling to meet the needs of diverse populations. Good school libraries and librarians can make all the difference.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:32:06 UTC 3760581 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760566?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:29:00 UTC 3760566 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760549?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:25:40 UTC 3760549 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760537?utm_medium=rss The heart of any school is the school library. It supports students, teachers, administrators and parents.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:23:43 UTC 3760537 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760536?utm_medium=rss Librarians are essential to ensure that students have the skills necessary to navigate and evaluate information and technology.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:23:26 UTC 3760536 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760534?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:22:43 UTC 3760534 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760515?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:15:54 UTC 3760515 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3760274?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:30:10 UTC 3760274 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3759708?utm_medium=rss Schools can't teach students everything they need to know in the future. That is why it is critical to have good libraries with certificed librarians who can teach research and critical decision making skils.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:02:57 UTC 3759708 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3759663?utm_medium=rss At a time when both reading curriculums and integrating technology into the curriculum are both a focus of school goals, it's a shame that the positions of the very people trained to integrate both are being reconsidered or eliminated.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:47:49 UTC 3759663 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3759459?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:27:47 UTC 3759459 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3759376?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:04:31 UTC 3759376 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3757928?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:15:05 UTC 3757928 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3756737?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:56:28 UTC 3756737 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3756598?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:40:03 UTC 3756598 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3756469?utm_medium=rss Research has proven the value of school media specialists. They are a necessity in this "Information Age."

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:56:15 UTC 3756469 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3755779?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:21:36 UTC 3755779 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3755467?utm_medium=rss Research links strong school library programs to academic success for students. It takes time, energy, commitment and money to maintain libraries in schools. Despite the common misconception that school librarians merely check books in and out, school media specialists om pir state are certified teachers who also support other teachers and maintain collections. Please do not follow the bad lead of North Clackamas and other districts who have ceased to support school library media programs.

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:42:43 UTC 3755467 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3755447?utm_medium=rss Libraries are essential to education! Media specialists and librarians are necessary to make these effective. Support the libraries!!

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:37:05 UTC 3755447 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3753302?utm_medium=rss As a paraeducator in the district, I know that school libraries are needed for every student. Without school libraries many students will not be able to research, use computers, check out books, or be able to learn this skills once they graduate. Libraries are essential. If you take away libraries, you take away books. How are students suppose to learn without books to read?

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]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:04:09 UTC 3749296 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3748963?utm_medium=rss As both a teacher and parent in PPS, I am disturbed at the continual undermining of support for libraries in our district. While I also wish we could fund arts education in every school, I fail to see how staffing a library can be considered a special class or dispensable frill. Libraries provide the hub of learning for every student and teacher in a building. If PPS is truly committed to equity in our district, then they will find a way to fund fully staffed libraries in every school.

]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:22:58 UTC 3748963 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3748002?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:29:09 UTC 3748002 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3747847?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:45:47 UTC 3747847 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3747751?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:58:34 UTC 3747751 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3747636?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:07:57 UTC 3747636 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3747494?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:45:03 UTC 3747494 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3747433?utm_medium=rss We can't just keep taking programs away from the PPS education system, it's unethical. Children are our future, we need to embrace and support them to the fullest extent.

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