Please use the following guidelines when checking books out to students:

Teachers can have unlimited books and other items, but after the first 40, it becomes complicated, and we need to over-ride for each item (remember the "dot" thing?  This one is a ".o", with the secret word), so we discourage it. 

We hold all the cards in the library/media center, so no one loses theirs.  Each day has a separate notebook which holds the cards as classes, so it is easy to check them out, since they come in as a class.  The teachers and other staff also have their own notebook full of cards (not that we don't trust them not to lose theirs . . . )

If a student has an overdue book, the whole system gets angry and will not let them take anything else.  We think this is against what our goal for the library/media center is, and that is to get them to read, so we let them take up to the number of books they can check out for their grade level. 

If a parent comes in while the staff are with a class or out of the room, see if they can wait until the Specialist or Aide are available.  If they cannot, take a message about what they want.  Make sure to get a name and phone number or other way to reach them.  If they want to pay for a lost or ruined book, and they have an amount (usually a note from us), you can take the money (or check, noting the child's name on the memo line) and tell them we will send a receipt home with their child.