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  Mike McQueen January 26, 2012 at 5:13pm

  Greetings Erlene,

  I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!

  Sincerely,

  Mike McQueen

  Teacher Librarian at McLain HS

  Lakewood, CO
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  Erlene Bishop Killeen May 27, 2009 at 1:21am

  Here's my favorite and VERY personal story about boys and reading -- My son never wanted to read, had serious learning disabilities in reading and writing, and finally graduated from high school. He's 23 now and reads three books a week --- all those fantasy adventures written for the middle school age -- he loves them. He quit playing WoW online and reads all the time!! We can finally start talking about books!
  It's never too late!
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  Mike McQueen May 26, 2009 at 7:41pm

  Hi Erlene,
  I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.
  
  Sincerely,
  Mike McQueen
  
  LET'S NETWORK HERE TOO (request me as a friend):
  My FACEBOOK Profile
  My TWITTER Profile</</body>