I Still Haven't Met the McCoin Children

I am sad to report that I still haven't met the McCoin children. They came to our school some time shortly after the spring semester began. Ms. Manso or I put them in the circulation database so they could check out books. We added them to Accelerated Reader Enterprise so they could take AR tests. We might have even given William McCoin the STAR diagnostic test so we could determine his reading level. But roughly four months later, I am sad to report.... I still haven't met the McCoin children...face-to-face that is. Today William's fourth grade teacher came by the library to let me know that her class will be able to come for last minute research on Thursday and that I might finally meet Mr. McCoin! We talked about how long it has been since 4A has come to the library...weeks and weeks. We talked about how a 45 minute library visit every two weeks is certainly not going to negatively impact state standardized skills assessment scores and might even improve scores. And we wondered who we can convince of this so that the library schedule doesn't stop abruptly with the beginning of spring semester and the STAAR test crunch next year. Alas, who are we to make such decisions...just a lowly librarian and a fourth grade teacher. Two educators who believe that by collaborating we can provide our students with educational experiences to better prepare them for life beyond H.R. Moye Elementary. Why won't anyone listen?