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=GE School Media Center = GE School has recently been rebuilt, so it has a very new feel to it, yet it has been established since 1928. The media center is down the main corridor to the left. It is in the center of the school. There are large display windows at the double-door entrance. Another wide hallway leads into the library itself. Entering the media center exudes an openness and invites students to come explore and learn. There are expansive bookshelf to ceiling windows (mostly closed with blinds.) Student height shelving lines the walls and area to the right.

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Student Demographics
Serving Grades: PreK - 5 Enrollment: 614 Students Teachers: 49 (18 With Advanced Degrees)

Almost 80% of the students live in poverty, according to the Governor's Office of Student Achievement(2007-2008). Of the students served, over 14% received special education, over 6% received ESL instruction, and over 29% received intervention through EIP in the 2007-2008 school year, according to GOSA (Governor's Office of Student Achievement).


The County Schools Policy on Media Programs was adopted and made effective in 2008. Here are a few items that pertain to the physical aspects of the media center.
 * Each school is required to have a media center staffed by media personnel.
 * The plan is for flexibly scheduled lessons.
 * Collaborative planning is a joint determination between the media specialist and teachers.
 * A media committee will make decisions regarding the improvement of the program.
 * Media personnel shall inventory all instructional materials and equipment annually.
 * Unused and unusable materials will be discarded from collection (or weeded).
 * Equipment shall be removed from inventory when it stops working or is not needed.
 * The center should be accessible throughout the day to teacher and student.
 * Items for one specific subject or purchased with categorical funding will be organized by the media staff for circulation, maintenance, availability and inventory.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Any construction/ renovation of the media center involoves the system and committee members identification of educational needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The GE School policy has been updated by the media specialist in 2009. This policy conveys: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Most of these policy issues are still useful today for the physical space of the library, however there are a few changes that could be made. The hours of operation could include before or after school operation/ instructional hours and they do not. For a true learning community to develop, this will eventaully become necessary. 50% of teachers interviewed said that students would like to use the library during their class' (scheduled) time, but 75% said that their students would use it at various times of the week. 50% of the teachers also said that students would like to use the media center before school. While, 12% said students would like to use the center after school hours. Another issue may be inventory. I think that teachers do inventory much of the instructional materials that are housed in their rooms. (This may include some of the aforementioned materials in the policy.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">student/ grade level use of materials.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">hours of operation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">charges for lost/ damaged books.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ways students can visit the library.