Save Puyallup School District Library Programs Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-puyallup-school-district-library-programs.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:27 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Melissa Anderson [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5477993?utm_medium=rss For many students, the school is their only access to library materials. Further cuts to library services can only discourage those students who need them the most.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 12:27:50 UTC 5477993 Mrs. Sarah Jane Deibel [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5418538?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 May 2009 01:56:40 UTC 5418538 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5410471?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 May 2009 11:16:55 UTC 5410471 Miss Ariel Stuart [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5410230?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 May 2009 09:32:43 UTC 5410230 Mr. Darrell Rasmussen [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5401381?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:38:49 UTC 5401381 Mrs. Patsy Rasmussen [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5401373?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:37:24 UTC 5401373 Ms Katarina Gearhart [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5389537?utm_medium=rss i love having a librarian 24/7 at school. they not only help by reccommending books, but they help u with anything school related. KEEP THE LIBRARIANS!!!!

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:28:10 UTC 5389537 Anonymous [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5389518?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:22:41 UTC 5389518 Kayla Cribbin [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5389237?utm_medium=rss I love reading. I always enjoy going to the school lirbrary and the librarian is super nice. If we were to lose her the library wouldn't be the same. I mean, she's the one who gives me suggestions on what books to read next!

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:22:36 UTC 5389237 Beth Searcy [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5386251?utm_medium=rss School libraries are a vital component of a complete education.

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:47:55 UTC 5386251 Florence McLaughlin [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5378825?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:07:32 UTC 5378825 Mr Charles Bruff [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5372100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:21:40 UTC 5372100 mrs cheryl munoz [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5361646?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:59:17 UTC 5361646 Samuel Whitney [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5361027?utm_medium=rss Librarians are important to my education.

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:42:18 UTC 5361027 Mrs. Melinda Millett [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5360734?utm_medium=rss If we do away with certified teacher librarians our libraries will not be well maintain and our children's library time will just become another recess! Let's not have the next generation not know the joy of a good book.

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:16:20 UTC 5360734 Mr Tony Lockett [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5359081?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:05:08 UTC 5359081 Mrs. Julia Elliott [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5352257?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:17:16 UTC 5352257 Mrs. Carol Whitmarsh [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5352192?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:07:51 UTC 5352192 Josie Erickson [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5352162?utm_medium=rss Seriously? This is ridiculous to the nth degree!

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:03:52 UTC 5352162 Mrs. Erin Davis [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5352161?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:03:38 UTC 5352161 Susannah Youngquist [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351880?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:17:03 UTC 5351880 Mr. David Walton [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351848?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:10:46 UTC 5351848 Mrs. Lynne Walton [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351825?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:07:25 UTC 5351825 Keaton DeSart [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351759?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:54:21 UTC 5351759 Kieren DeSart [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351755?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:54:00 UTC 5351755 Jennifer DeSart [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351752?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:53:40 UTC 5351752 Darin DeSart [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351746?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:53:15 UTC 5351746 Terra VanKirk [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351742?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:52:50 UTC 5351742 Devon VanKirk [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351738?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:52:16 UTC 5351738 Kaden VanKirk [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351734?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:51:53 UTC 5351734 Chase VanKirk [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351731?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:51:22 UTC 5351731 Brenna VanKirk [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351729?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:50:47 UTC 5351729 Kressa VanKirk [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351708?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:48:14 UTC 5351708 Mr Mark Harris [Signature #280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5349365?utm_medium=rss Without a master of the collection, who has been trained to connect young inquirying minds to both the new and classic literature? With the districts budget cuts many children will pass through our school's doors and never cross the path of the person best suited to ignite their passion for reading. Save our school librarians!

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:27:11 UTC 5349365 Anonymous [Signature #279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5348741?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:11:28 UTC 5348741 Mrs. Brynn Meines [Signature #278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5348718?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:06:23 UTC 5348718 Susan Whitney [Signature #277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5347732?utm_medium=rss Cutting our library programs is a shortsighted solution. It may help balance the budget now, but at what cost? Librarians are teachers that reach all of our students. They teach our children every day, not only a love of reading, but how to find information in our library, public libraries and on the internet. Without these tools how will our children succeed at school and after? This shorterm solution will have long term effects on student acheivement. Please do not take away our teachers.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:53:03 UTC 5347732 Carol Silvernail [Signature #276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5347541?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:09:08 UTC 5347541 Connye Hartman [Signature #275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5344574?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:44:30 UTC 5344574 Becky Core [Signature #274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5344440?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:26:16 UTC 5344440 Mary Bloom [Signature #273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5343687?utm_medium=rss Please support our libraries that support our students.

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:32:11 UTC 5343687 Heidi Hall [Signature #272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5343261?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:09:24 UTC 5343261 Mr. Jason Core [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5341424?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:14:52 UTC 5341424 Marni Ellison [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5340860?utm_medium=rss Eliminating certified library media specialists will only cost the district more money. It will have to replace all of the 'Support Great Schools' signs with 'Support Mediocre Schools' signs!

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:59:03 UTC 5340860 Tricia Donovan [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5338359?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:10:42 UTC 5338359 Karen Howard [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5338352?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:09:08 UTC 5338352 Katherine Bicknell [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5336535?utm_medium=rss Librarians not only provide additional academic support for students and teachers but also facilitate the use of technological skills that are integral in today's job market. Budget cuts that adversely affect the development of these skills should not be considered economical; their loss in the long run will instead perpetuate the initial problem throughout the community. As a successful graduate of the Puyallup School District, I firmly believe that there are better alternatives to this plan.

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:21:16 UTC 5336535 mr David Luckman [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5335956?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:31:35 UTC 5335956 mrs Suson Luckman [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5335924?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:25:12 UTC 5335924 Ms. Amy Hart [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5331653?utm_medium=rss Our librarian is a tremendous asset to our students and staff. Losing access to having her here as a resource would be devistating!

]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:42:46 UTC 5331653 Mrs. Laurel Jellison [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5329307?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:36:15 UTC 5329307 Mary Schofield [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5329222?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:04:54 UTC 5329222 Mary Baze [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5328971?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:41:22 UTC 5328971 Kelly Wetzel [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5328674?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:16:10 UTC 5328674 Kim Leger [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5328416?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:04:03 UTC 5328416 Lauren Leger [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5328225?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:06:25 UTC 5328225 Jeff Power [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5328057?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:16:28 UTC 5328057 ms marion jacobson [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5327435?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:58:04 UTC 5327435 MRS Kathy Nelson [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5327432?utm_medium=rss Certified Media specialists are important to public schools. We provide a wealth of services and knowledge that only gets better over time and knowledge of our library's contents, knowledge of technology services and training in working with students of all ages.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:57:47 UTC 5327432 mrs lizabeth walden [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5327419?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:56:07 UTC 5327419 mr erik walden [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5327414?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:54:47 UTC 5327414 Mrs. Lori Garrett [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5327003?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:48:20 UTC 5327003 Mrs. Carol Robinson [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5325761?utm_medium=rss As a Library Teacher myself I support my fellow teachers.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:54:11 UTC 5325761 Jill Martinez [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5325147?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:08:58 UTC 5325147 Maxwell Whitney [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5325082?utm_medium=rss Having tests and other projects in our school would not be possible without our librarian's knowledge of resources. School would be increasingliy difficult without a librarian's help.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:54:16 UTC 5325082 Mrs. Ann Almlie [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5324969?utm_medium=rss When reading is an essential skill for all of our students, it's critical to have students provided with the opportunities to learn to love books. Please keep our librarians in Puyallup.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:33:55 UTC 5324969 Anthony Spriggs [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5322985?utm_medium=rss Losing the librarians would be one of the worst choices made to cut costs, librarians are the backbone for most learning experiences! D<

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:29:35 UTC 5322985 Ashley Farnsworth [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5322615?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:51:07 UTC 5322615 Mr Paul Douglas [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5322411?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:33:14 UTC 5322411 Anne Theofelis [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5322337?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:12:24 UTC 5322337 Mrs. Peggy Novak [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5321905?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:04:30 UTC 5321905 Mrs. Margaret Grieve-Fent [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5321444?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:07:22 UTC 5321444 Mrs Jill McCormick [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5320666?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:29:58 UTC 5320666 Kathleen Wright [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5319204?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:19:56 UTC 5319204 Cathy Child [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5318769?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:19:10 UTC 5318769 Mr Herbert Griffin [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5318735?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:13:48 UTC 5318735 Mrs. Janice (Wise) Hicks [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5318465?utm_medium=rss As a PHS grad and a certified teacher librarian with a Master's in Library and Information Science, I strongly urge you to leave the library programs intact. A neighboring district cut out all certified librarians 15 years ago and it shows-students are not familiar with finding and using information, vital in today's information world. The 3rd edition (2008) of School Libraries Work! now includes 19 states and 1 province. Please, read the research listed and fully support your school libraries!

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:39:45 UTC 5318465 Jehan McCallum [Signature #236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5318323?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:23:27 UTC 5318323 Mrs Sandra Martin [Signature #235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5317737?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:04:55 UTC 5317737 Mr. Cara Manthey [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5317387?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:24:19 UTC 5317387 Mrs. Carrie Ayes [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312921?utm_medium=rss Library skills are foundational for higher learning.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:20:43 UTC 5312921 Mrs. Tammy Wilson [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312890?utm_medium=rss Ridiculous! Start managing right!!! Cutting librarians isn't the place to do it!

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:13:55 UTC 5312890 Ms Julie Storaasli [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312807?utm_medium=rss Keep our teachers and resources and cut back within the administration. Someone wouldn't mind leading the way for pay cuts and donating to the cause of the student. Give it a try there first!

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:47:15 UTC 5312807 Mr Ronald Wynne [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312783?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:39:20 UTC 5312783 Kraig Langvad [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312762?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:33:44 UTC 5312762 Mr. Robert Whitney [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312550?utm_medium=rss We preach and stress the importance of reading to our children but getting rid of our librarians is an action that speaks far louder than our words. It shows that we do not mean what we say! Please fund our schools properly, It's an investment in the future.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:45:39 UTC 5312550 Mrs. Susan Williams [Signature #227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312327?utm_medium=rss Please keep a full time librarians in all schools in Puyallup. Our children need the supervision of a certified teacher, NOT the assistance of a paraeducator. Eight years of schooling and 17 years of experience can not be disregarded and be replaced with a few hours of training.
Do we really want students reading silently when they could be learning from a trained library/media specialist?

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:57:26 UTC 5312327 Mr Steve Morris [Signature #226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312140?utm_medium=rss How about the admin take a pay cut (such as Tony Apostel)instead of the teachers and librarians. You want the test scores higher yet the first things to go are the things that help the students.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:22:18 UTC 5312140 Lisa Collier [Signature #225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312085?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:11:24 UTC 5312085 Dana Larson [Signature #224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312035?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:04:39 UTC 5312035 Anonymous [Signature #223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5311867?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:38:01 UTC 5311867 Ms. Karrie Zylstra-Myton [Signature #222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5311794?utm_medium=rss I appreciate how many cuts you must make but wonder if you can't distribute them more evenly rather than cutting the library program so drastically.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:23:52 UTC 5311794 Dr. Christie Kaaland [Signature #221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5311635?utm_medium=rss At the dawn of the 21st century, it is incredibly short-sighted of the Puyallup School District to "half" the highly-qualified teacher-librarian positions. More than ever information/research skills, internet safety skills, and intellectual property laws are imperative for our children's very survival in the technological age.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:51:30 UTC 5311635 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5311521?utm_medium=rss Teacher and parent against making librarians work twicce as hard for the same pay. I do not want a non-librarian teaching my children in library.
This is not what is good for kids.
Tony A. should give his raise back to the SD.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:31:26 UTC 5311521 Becky Faccone [Signature #219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5311122?utm_medium=rss Librarians are a valuable resource that students AND teachers benefit from and need! Paraprofessionals have an important role in the district, but don't have the background to be running a program such as this. It's our teachers, already overloaded, who will have to "fill the gap" made from this budgeting decision.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:25:57 UTC 5311122 Kendra Stejskal [Signature #218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5310995?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:06:09 UTC 5310995 Melissa Mickelson [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5310880?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:52:40 UTC 5310880 Mr. Don Bennett [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5310261?utm_medium=rss One certificated librarian should work full time at each school library in the district. Reading is the key to all other learning.

A marginal increase in class sizes is an acceptable trade-off to prevent the loss of this vital resource for students and classroom teachers.

<i>How will we explain to future generations that we decided to give up on them because they were too expensive?</i>

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:52:52 UTC 5310261 Mrs. Regina McDonald-McGrath [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5309464?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:42:30 UTC 5309464 Mrs Toni Smith [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5309458?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:41:56 UTC 5309458