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' "lâ€"_. i F434;: it: ' 5..” life in them, and have been a boon But that’s exactly What the tirade ~~.v- 1"” , _ _5 “4 {For . to the students and the educators 12 student thinks people in charge . ’ -~‘ ‘1'“ '” who have received them. of the book collections .tt the - “They had good value and good Waterloo Region District \ehool \ j .. life to somebody else who has Board are doing in culling some of E$ a j i . (f = .. nothing.” said Lepold. “it didn‘t his favorite titles and shipping is‘ " 1 1' :7, 5 . " . " ' quite match our curriculum and them away to be shredded. - f . . “'""' "'" "" ' might have been a linle bit outdatâ€" It all staned when Damyaiiovieh \ ' 2'. \ 1‘ . ' I: E ed here, but it certainly had went to his school library to cheek tâ€"o , 5 ; j j , _ . . .4 - , - tremendous value for them." out one of his favourite books i 1 k) :5", 1 5 mi - I . Damyanovich was happy to Poetry for Senior Students. It was .i ' ~ - ' f“ . t . ; hear that there were some altema- collection of prose that included ‘ 5 5‘ tives to just getting rid of old texts snippets of famous thinkers like 1 .; g and library books. He realizes the Aristotle. Byron, Keats and Shelley . " ~ 5 ' ,, cost associated with it and has it even included verses from the _ ,5 3x .’ decided to start a Facebook group Bible. 5 . v \ to do some fundraising to support When he asked what happened , . , 'A ~Â¥l giving these books some more life. to the book he was told that it was ,' " ~ . a .- \ 7'" “In the name of progress some- deemed surplus. He was horrified 5 '. \' 7 times things need to change at to learn that it would be shipped to _. " at» »-‘ times” he said “if people are mak- . a recycler and probably be pulped '7,“ " .. 2 ing bad decisions, things have to as a cost~effective move h_\‘ the » . change.” board. . He said throughout his high- “lt was my favourite book and ‘ school studies they've been chal- now it's nowhere to be seen." he Michael Damyanovich is upset by the public school board practice of pulping surplus library books. He was suc- lenged to ask why. And that's all he's said. “it’s timeless and priceless cessful in convincing the board to review its policy at a Monday night meeting. mmmoro doing. Why can’t the board do also" ' something else with the books? When he asked if he could buy Damyanovich said are still in very board's 16 high schools. “This Lyantande, Uganda, as part of an “i really hope there was no ani- it, he was told there was no contin» good shape. housekeeping is part ofthat. overseas project started by Dr. Den- mosity because that wasn’t the gency like that built into the school “The goal is to make people “Librarians make professional nis thlms. of New Dundee. called goal.” said Damyanovich. a former board's policy. That particularly aware so that change can happen decisions about these resources, Salama Shield. The project has member ofWCl’s student council incensed him because on the inter as fast as possible,” he said “lithere and i think we have to respect their already shipped a collection of and a big school booster. "Even if net he could only find one other are charities out there or under- decisions” materials in a 20â€"foot steel oontain- we live in that kind ofwasteful soci- copy of the book that has been so funded schools out there interested When asked about alternatives er and plans to ship another in the cry you have to wonder what the much inspiration and the hard- in taking these books off our to recycling the books. such as nearfuture. taxpayersmuldthinkofthis" cover copy was going for $70. schools’ hands they can call in and book sales or shipping them over- In the meantime. lepold uses a His arguments caught the atten- “lt’s silly that the taxpayers paid get them. seas, Coleman said there are costs dilapidated portable at his school tion of Waterloo public school for these books and now the stu- “Anything is better than simply to consider. The Toronto District for storage while waiting on trustee Catherine Fife, who brought dents can't access them." said destroying them, there's millions of School Board holds book sales of fundraising from groups like the up his concems at Monday night’s Damyanovich. alternatives, At the very least I think surplus books but there are costs Hamilton AM Rotary Club. which school board meeting She said that So he started to ask questions to these books should be offered and associated with warehousing the sponsored the last shipment. the school board has an obligation see if he could save the more than beaccessible to the student body.’ materials. Tony Wellenreiter, a Rotarian to deal with its resources in a 600 books that were supposed to be Public school board spokesper- As for shipping them overseas. involved with the project, said the responsible way. shipped out lat Thursday and pos- son Margaret Coleman said that there is also a major expense to first shipment sent over more than “I'm glad the student brought it sibly destroyed forever. Every per- the weeding out of books out of undertaking projects to support 15.000 books at a cost of some US. to our attention. and i do believe son he asked gave him the same library collections has been the under-resourced schools The group is planning to sending that this is an issue that we should bureaucratic line that it was board board's standard practice for a 'Wedo have draws from time to another 40-foot container and be talking about broadly as a policy. number of years when the tens no time for anything that might be of needs to raise 515,000 US. board.” said Fife “This will certain- But he argued that destroying longer support the curriculum. it is use." said Coleman. “loe Lepold, it tookalotofplanning. and vol- ly be an ongoing issue because books is everybody's business. often up to the trained profession- principal ofLinwood public school. unteer hours. but lepold said it’s a there has been an increased focus especially if they could he donated als in each school library, the librar- did a shipment overseas a while worthwhile humanitarian project. on electronic resources instead of to other school libraries that didn't liinS, to use their expertise and ago. Especially considering the materi‘ books have the same resources asWCl. Or make sure that book collections are “The problem with that is als are better than anything the stu- ‘But while it's true that research perhaps they could be donated to properly managed. always getting the money together dents of Uganda would have had. practices have changed. books are schools in need overseas "We need to take care of our col- to get those shipments into another "They've gone to schools that still valuable and should be treated At the very least they could be lei‘tions." said Coleman. who country. He was able to get some had nothing. particularly one assuch.” sold to the students or other local acknowledged that thousands of sponsorship to do it.” schoolwhose principal wondered if The school board decided to literacy groups who might be inter- books a year are sent to recyclers lepold collected surplus educaâ€" we could send them some surplus review its policy after Monday ested in some of the books that after being deemed surplus by the tion materials and books to ship to materials." said Lepold. “l night's meeting ’ -. , l; ., . When Excellence ls the Jam today! D . ' , -.. 5:. Expectation. . , t' ‘. ‘ t a C 9 '5 Experience beauty that lasts. M 56. a, To experience " A... ’ lli'!ll.ilillll\l¢m1t thecolourfulbeneflts. “Q; wwwheersdecoratlngxom