Cambridge Public Schools Librarian to Return Book Donation by FLOTUS Melania Trump

Patch ^ | September 27, 2017 | Dana Forsythe

[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.

[bitt]

EEEK!

[GSWarrior]

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.

[moovova]

[Trillian]

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

[Maudeen]

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

[snappahead]

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

[Black Agnes]

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

[Kickass Conservative]

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.

[Mouton]

These people need be exterminated to save society.

[PA Engineer]

I would love to see her Rorschach Test.

This is a walking and talking anachronism. Wind her up and the virtual signaling vomits out.

[RooRoobird20]

Bitch

[kublia khan]

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

[Riflema]

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.

[Riflema]

Amazing!! Her next door neighbor is none other than LANI GUINIER. Must be a real interesting hood eh?

[RooRoobird20]

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

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Good. There are other libraries more deserving.

[silverleaf]

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

[KC_Lion]

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.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Another classless arrogant libtard.

[Cementjungle]

This is more her style: