There's always a way to promote JPL and bring something back from the community. Eve Harm, West Regional Branch Librarian, reports a unique day's experience, November 7: "I participated in the 2011-2012 Principal for a Day Event with the Duval County Schools. It is a program where community members are allowed to become a "principal" for a day. I was assigned to shadow a principal, Marie Antoine, at Whitehouse Elementary.
"Our day started with a bang. Literally. There was an accident in which a school bus was rear ended and the car drove away without stopping. Everyone was fine but just like us, they had a ton of paperwork to fill out. There were also parents to call, children to get breakfast and send to class and calls to the district to be made. It made for an interesting start of the day. But that ever changing day to day situations, I found out, was what Ms. Antoine liked best about her job.
"In addition to this incident, I also had the chance to sit in an observation, meet with teachers about changes in policy and procedure, tour the school, review the principal's very busy schedule and ask all sorts of questions. She also shared with me information about Read It Forward Jax to share with library patrons.
"Our day ended very much like it started with heading out to the bus loading area to make sure students left school safely. It was a truly enlightening and educational experience. I learned that, like us, they are dealing with major cutbacks in budget and, like us, they are still striving to do their best with less."
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