[baisl] Re: Textbooks!
- From: Susan Bogas <sbogas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:25:59 -0700
Lori,
All students and their families are responsible for getting their own
books, except in a few math classes where they purchase an online book the
first day of class and the family gets charged.
Susan
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Lori Deibel <Lori_Deibel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Susan,
>
> That's exactly the task that I've been doing for about three years, but
> the actual sale of the books is becoming a nightmare and of course the
> teachers and parents are looking to me to find a solution. How do students
> actually buy the books at your school?
>
> Lori
>
> From: Susan Bogas <sbogas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:28:29 -0700
> To: "baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [baisl] Re: Textbooks!
>
> Dear Lori,
>
> I took on the role of managing textbooks for our school 2 years ago but it
> only involves gathering all the titles and requirements from each
> department and making a version of that spreadsheet available online to
> parents. This is not as bad a job as it sounds as the academic dean makes
> sure that each department chair gets the information and adds it to the
> google spreadsheet that I provide. I have just sent you a shared google
> doc that shows the blank spreadsheet. You can also look at my "US
> Textbook and Information Store
> <https://sites.google.com/a/bentleyschool.net/bentley-textbook-information/>"
> web page that I create for the parents. In addition to the spreadsheet you
> will see that there is an Amazon store set up so parents can buy directly
> from there with about 3% of the cost being returned to the school! This
> has worked well for us because I had one amazing parent volunteer. She has
> just "graduated" however so in the future the Amazon store setup will
> happen by our support staff in the main office instead of relying on
> parents. Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Susan
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Lori Deibel <Lori_Deibel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I inherited some of the burden of managing textbooks at our school, and
>> it is, hands down, my least favorite part of my job (surprised?). I have a
>> teacher that is willing to work with me on coming up with a better system,
>> and I'm hoping to get some input from my peer schools on when textbooks are
>> selected, how the information about titles is communicated to students, and
>> how they are expected to get them.
>>
>> I am hoping that very few of you actually have a part in this in your
>> school, but any information you send me would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lori Deibel, Librarian
>> The Branson School
>> (415) 455-7133
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Susan Bogas, Librarian
> The Bentley School (Upper School)
> 1000 Upper Happy Valley Road
> Lafayette, CA 94549
> (510) 843-2512 ext. 3226
> fax: (925) 299-0469
> sbogas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
--
Susan Bogas, Librarian
The Bentley School (Upper School)
1000 Upper Happy Valley Road
Lafayette, CA 94549
(510) 843-2512 ext. 3226
fax: (925) 299-0469
sbogas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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