Help me give my students a safe library with a plexiglass shield for book pickup, an automated hand sanitizer, and social distancing decals. The plastic bags are for book circulation.
I am the school librarian for a campus of three high schools in Brooklyn. For a decade, our campus had no library or librarian, and the space was left to fester. Now, I have been brought in to bring the space back to life once our renovation is done.
Our students are bright, hard-working, and in need of engaging material.
We are in need of various materials for a safe and productive reopening of our library and campus.
My Project
This project is all about reopening our campus library safely. When we move to a hybrid model, we will be circulating books among students, and it's important that we do it safely.
It is vital that our students still have access to books this school year, and these items will help us to do so safely.
This project is all about helping students to have access to valuable resources without sacrificing health and safety. The shield and decals will help with maintaining a social distance, and the hand sanitizing station will help maintain a level of cleanliness without students having to touch anything.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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