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  Mike McQueen February 1, 2012 at 2:08am

  Greetings Mark,

  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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  Mike McQueen May 27, 2009 at 12:14am

  Hi Mark,
  
  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
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  Gretchen July 21, 2008 at 12:42pm

  Thanks Mark, I'll start working on the policy stuff too. I know we have to do a "3 min" speech during class...so our write up should be 2 or so pages according to my notes. I'm not sure if she gave us a rubric. But I think we are presenting our cases and pretending the rest of the class is the "school board."
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  Gretchen July 17, 2008 at 4:52am

  Hey Mark, I found quite a few articles on Tango Makes Three...take a look.
  
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/07/MNG3N4R...
  Central Park Zoo’s Gay Penguins
  
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1275591.html
  Zoo Tempts Gay Penguins Straight
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2...
  Two Guys and a Chick
  
  http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/blogs/living-loco/2008/feb/1...
  Where’s Tango (lots of comment posts)
  
  http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2006/11/16/paren...
  Parents Want Gay Penguins Banned
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3mGlp4GT6k
  Banned book week Top 10 2006
  
  http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6440187.html
  ATMT Prompts Serious Debate
  
  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SteveWalden/31086/
  Homeschool Blogger (dad who homeschools very against story…lots of comment posts for and against her comments)
  
  http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/20/schools_chief...
  School Chief bans book
  
  http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2005/05/something_for_t.html
  man who is friends with authors…reading comments left by public is more interesting (both for and against)
  
  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46456
  Wedding March (follow up to real penguins)
  
  http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/childrensbooks/gr/Tango.htm
  Book review from about.com Lesbian life
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  Gretchen July 14, 2008 at 4:26am

  Hey Mark,
  I think that's fine. I haven't read that book either, but have heard a lot about it. Let's go with TMT and we can decide which side of the issue we want to be on.
  Gretchen
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  Gretchen July 7, 2008 at 11:39am

  Hey Mark, Any idea on what book we might want to read for the challenge assingment? I know you mentioned Harry Potter, since it's often a hot item. I haven't ever actually read HP before, so I can read it with "fresh" eyes. Have you read any of them? Do you have one from the series in mind?
  Gretchen
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  Marianne Hunter June 25, 2008 at 4:05pm

  Hey Mark,
  Welcome! Hope you will find this a good place to network.
  mh