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Cambridge Public Schools Librarian to Return Book Donation by FLOTUS Melania Trump
Patch ^ | September 27, 2017 | Dana Forsythe

Posted on 09/27/2017 4:24:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Cambridge Public Schools librarian has explained why her class won't be keeping a donation of books donated by First Lady Melania Trump.

In an open letter on the book review site, Horn Book, elementary school librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro explained that her school already has thousands of books and postured that there were schools in greater need of the donation. She also took the opportunity to criticize the policies of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Soeiro criticized the choice of donated books as well.

"So, my school doesn’t have a NEED for these books. And then there’s the matter of the books themselves. You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a cliché, a tired and worn ambassador for children’s literature," she wrote.

Soeiro continued, writing that schools in large cities are in greater need than hers in Cambrige.

"School libraries around the country are being shuttered. Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit are suffering through expansion, privatization, and school “choice” with no interest in outcomes of children, their families, their teachers, and their schools. Are those kids any less deserving of books simply because of circumstances beyond their control? Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos? Why not reflect on those “high standards of excellence” beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets."

You can read the entire letter here.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: books; cambridge; education; firstladymelania; flotus; librarians; libraries; massachusetts; melania; prc; schoollibraries; trump
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To: Black Agnes

EEEK!


41 posted on 09/27/2017 5:12:43 PM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My wife is a supervising librarian. They turn down book donations from citizens all the time. No space, not enough employees to process them. People think of libraries as places to drop off unwanted books. Not the case.


42 posted on 09/27/2017 5:13:22 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: jazusamo

43 posted on 09/27/2017 5:14:50 PM PDT by moovova
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I didn’t know Dieter from Sprockets had a sister!


44 posted on 09/27/2017 5:16:44 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is she speaking for the taxpayers? Perhaps her library needs to be “evaluated” for fair and balanced reading material.


45 posted on 09/27/2017 5:18:14 PM PDT by Maudeen (This world is not my home.)
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To: mware

NOT YOUR school.
Exactly.
Typical hyperliberal, me,me,me.
Her disjointed hate response to generosity is evidence of that.
Not about books or kids or anything except, here’s your crap back we don’t WANT it


46 posted on 09/27/2017 5:18:15 PM PDT by snappahead (if your gonna be dumb, you better be tough.)
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To: GSWarrior

And would your wife turn down books from the first lady?


47 posted on 09/27/2017 5:18:16 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
While visiting Relatives back East I had a “discussion” with my S-I-L’s Husband (a retired LIBERAL College Professor) and our Niece's sort of Fiance about Public Education. Needless to say, the Retired Professor is not a Fan of anything BUT "Public" Education and our Niece's (a schoolteacher herself) sort of Fiance thinks having to repay his College Loan is unfair and College should be "free". I got a rise out of both of them when I said Educating Children is the responsibility of their Parents (not the Taxpayers) and if you agreed to borrow money for College you are responsible for repaying the Debt. The "free" College discussion was fun. I said it wasn't a problem if the Property and the Buildings were donated by some rich Liberal and the Professors / support staff (including those who clean the Toilets) work for free as Volunteers. I wasn't the most popular person at the gathering.
48 posted on 09/27/2017 5:33:15 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Fiji Hill

These people need be exterminated to save society.


49 posted on 09/27/2017 5:39:56 PM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: Fiji Hill
I would love to see her Rorschach Test.

This is a walking and talking anachronism. Wind her up and the virtual signaling vomits out.
50 posted on 09/27/2017 5:40:36 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bitch


51 posted on 09/27/2017 5:42:53 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: jazusamo

There ain’t enough Viagra in the world to fix what just happened.


52 posted on 09/27/2017 6:02:08 PM PDT by kublia khan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lucky ‘ol Lizzie. Proud owner of a 3-storey brownstone which Zillow rates about $1.7M. What Ho! Probably a neighbor of Fauxcohontas! Man, it’s tough for those who are down for the struggle and filled with soshul justus.


53 posted on 09/27/2017 6:09:35 PM PDT by Riflema
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To: Riflema
Amazing!! Her next door neighbor is none other than LANI GUINIER. Must be a real interesting hood eh?
54 posted on 09/27/2017 6:15:24 PM PDT by Riflema
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This horrfying b*tch public school librarian is EXACTLY why there should be school choice.


55 posted on 09/27/2017 6:18:49 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good. There are other libraries more deserving.


56 posted on 09/27/2017 6:28:23 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope Melania takes those books down to Puerto Rico with a big fat check
And gets Trump to autograph them too


57 posted on 09/27/2017 6:36:29 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; hoosiermama; Salvation; Right_in_Virginia; reformedliberal; Jane Long; ...
Ping to First Lady Melania's List.

As a product of the 21st Century American School System, I can tell you, it isn't worth what you are paying for it.


58 posted on 09/27/2017 6:36:51 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another classless arrogant libtard.


59 posted on 09/27/2017 6:41:39 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (World's Most Powerful Nation Falls To Invasion Of Mexican Peasants!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is more her style:


60 posted on 09/27/2017 6:46:51 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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