Yazmina Beverly

March 27, 2016

MEDT
Dr. M. Johnston
Proposed Three-Year Budget for 2016-2017/ 2017-2018 / 2018-2019
The student population at Tri Cities High School is around 1,900 students. The media
center receives $15,917 annually. According to Tri Cities High School media specialist, Leonard
Goldberg, the school assigns him a budget, the amount of which is out of his control. He decides
how to allocate funds (L. Goldberg personal communication, March, 16, 2016). For the size of the
school, the budget should be around $8,000 more than it currently is, based on a $13/student
allotment. I plan to lobby for more funds to have a higher dollar-per-student budget, which is
now only $8. I also plan to write grants to increase the budget, so that it become $24,700 by
2018-19 school year.

The Tri Cities library is committed to helping prepare students for post-high school life and
career by supporting the Common Core Standards. These include, ELAGSE9-10W6: Use
technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing
products, taking advantage of technologys capacity to link to other information and to display
information flexibly and dynamically; ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the
usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text
selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for
citation.; ELAGSE9-10SL2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media
or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each
source; and ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio,
visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. The collection needs to support these standards of
learning.

201617

2017-18

2018-19

TOTAL

$5,889.2
9
$795.85

$5, 889.29

$5, 889.29

$17,667.87

$795.85

$795.85

$2,387.55

AV Materials

$1273.3
6

$1273.36

$1273.36

$3,820.08

Software

$3,183.4
0

$3,183.40

$3,183.40

$9,550.20

Equipment

$1,000.0
0

$1,000.00

$1,000.00

$3,000.00

Computer

$1,100.0
0

$1,100.00

$1,100.00

$3, 300.00

$2,675.1
0

$2,675.10

$2,675.10

$8,025.30

$4550.00

$4550.00
$4,233.00
$24,7000

$9100.00
$4,233.00

Print Materials
Books
Periodicals &
Subscriptions

Other
Instructional
Materials
& Supplies
Ereaders
3D Printer

$15,917
.00

$20,467.00

$61,084.
00

Books: Part of the job of the SLMS is to weed out old books and update the collection. New books
will be purchased based on student and staff surveys administered by the school library council.
The council will consist of the librarians, members of the community, teacher representatives,
and student representatives. Efforts will be made to increase books that appeal to an
international audience, with the intent of increasing global awareness among all students, and
providing more options for international and ELL students. The ELL population at Tri Cities is
significant, varying anywhere between 20% to 25% of the student body. Because the majority of
the students are African-American, efforts will be made to focus on increasing texts about
African-Americans and by African-American authors as well.
Periodicals & Subscriptions: The library will maintain a subscription to the Atlanta Journal
Constitution, both online and in print. Students use online and print periodicals for major
research projects in eleventh and twelfth grades. It is important to keep subscriptions current for
research purposes. Students enjoy reading magazines and the library should have materials
geared toward student interest so that reading levels will rise.
AV Materials: The needs of staff will be considered in ordering AV materials. According to
Goldberg, teachers most often request headphones, document cameras, and listening centers,
so efforts will be made to accommodate those requests as well as provide AV carts to transport
materials throughout our spacious school.
Software: Software subscriptions are valuable for student learning. Teachers and students need
access to subscription-based websites, such as Brainpop, Flocabulary, TED-Ed, MobyMax,
UnitedStreaming, etc., as well as educational games.

Equipment/Computers: The librarian will oversee a transformation of one of our conference

rooms into a learning commons that will support student learning. The room will include a tech
bar that has two Mac computers, which are not currently available anywhere else in the school
for student use. It will also include other electronics, like devices for recording presentations and
a flat screen television for use by teachers during lessons, professional development for staff,
and distance learning.
Instructional Materials and Supplies: In 2016-2017 school year, this part of the budget will go
towards updating the copy machine, which currently breaks frequently. In future years, this part
of the budget will go towards purchasing/updating materials and supplies for the activity room
and for teacher use, such as lamination machines, paper cutters, and other office supplies.
Ereaders: With the push toward ebooks, an effort will be made each year to increase the ereader
collection in the library. Currently, the school has no class set of ereaders for student use.
Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, the librarian will lobby for more funds from the school as
well as write grants to purchase ereaders. Every few years, it will be important to reevaluate the
technology and update it when necessary.
3D Printer: One of the important goals of this library program is to purchase a 3D printer to be
used in a makerspace for students. With the push towards STEM in schools, having a 3D printer
in the library would be a great asset, allowing students hands-on experience in designing and
inventing.