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Librarian
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Book sales alone have netted $71,000 while the remaining $32,000 is the estimated value of the books the library has been given by the book fair companies as a result of their high sales and their own donations. “We would not have been able to raise that much money without the support of the students, faculty, administrators, parents, and community,” said Massie.
Tbday, April 28, Massie will assemble her 36th and final book fair. Massie explained that when she first began running the book fairs she would only have to order four “cases” of books and now she has to order 11.
The profits from the event go directly to the library to purchase new equipment such as video cameras, digital cameras, books and videos and the library’s laminator. Massie has more than doubled the amount of books in the library during her time there. Starting off with eight or nine thousand books she has helped the collection grow to over 20,000 hard back books and a few thousand more paperbacks, an improvement for the roughly 600 students* who utilize the library.
Massie’s efforts and the support of the community during book fairs have greatly helped enhance the school’s reading resources. Massie explained how enthusiastic students are when the book fair is set up.
“The kids get really excited about the book fair because they can keep the books,” said Massie. However, the book fair can be confusing at first to the younger students who have to
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