![]() The superintendent accused the librarians’ association of creating a “hostile environment” between librarians and parents and using “politicized rhetoric” to oppose efforts to remove books from school shelves. Weaver’s decision to split with the association “has made that situation worse,” she said. She was particularly upset that one of Weaver’s reasons for ending the relationship was that an association member told the state’s teacher recruitment and retention task force “that librarians are being harassed and threatened,” Cox said. “I think mostly just hurt,” is how Cox describes librarians in the wake of the shakeup. The scramble to adjust the group’s workshops is emblematic of the confusion and trepidation school librarians have felt in the weeks since, ending with association president Michelle Spires resigning her post last week. Of four planned workshops for librarians across the state, all but one had to be canceled, said the association’s acting president, Tamara Cox. 25 abruptly severing the department’s relationship with the group. That planning was disrupted by a letter sent by state Education Superintendent Ellen Weaver on Aug. Association of School Librarians often held with assistance from the S.C. These were regularly scheduled events that the S.C. ![]() The organization representing school librarians had been working for weeks to set up a series of workshops for their members next month, lining up speakers and sponsors to help librarians develop professionally.
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