New Library open at TRHS (high school, closing, taxes)

[smuboy86]

Tomorrow is the opening of the Pruitt Branch Library at Roosevelt High School on Walzem Rd. It will be open to the general public after 4 on weekdays and regular weekend hours on the weekend. This is a great partnership between NEISD and the city to bring a library where there were no services except for the bookmobile.

[dakotamidnight]

right in my front yard!

Seriously - I live right behind the football field.

Any idea if it's going to have a children's section? I've never been to a public library inside a high school before.

[pobre]

The Reagan HS/public library model is wonderful, and I think it's great that they are duplicating it...really meeting two different needs with one space.

Kudos!!

(and yes, the Reagan one has a children's room, with storytime, so I would imagine TR would, too.)

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by smuboy86

Tomorrow is the opening of the Pruitt Branch Library at Roosevelt High School on Walzem Rd. It will be open to the general public after 4 on weekdays and regular weekend hours on the weekend. This is a great partnership between NEISD and the city to bring a library where there were no services except for the bookmobile.

SA needs a lot more libraries and far less churches. why don't the tax free churches put their $$ where their mouth is and fund churches for the public?

[smuboy86]

Aren't most churches for the public? How does this relate to a new library branch being opened?

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by smuboy86

Aren't most churches for the public? How does this relate to a new library branch being opened?

If the schools can partner up with the libraries, then the churches should too. lord knows that there are plenty of them hogging up prime acreage here in san antonio and surrounding areas, all at taxpayer expense.

[LindaGrace]

Originally Posted by wehotex

SA needs a lot more libraries and far less churches. why don't the tax free churches put their $$ where their mouth is and fund churches for the public?

I don't understand the bolded. Fund churches for the public? Anybody in the world can come to my church, which I guess means it's funded for the public by the people who are members. Right?

I don't get what this has to do with libraries either.

I agree that combining the HS library with a public library is a good option so long as the city starts working to build standalone libraries in the areas that need them. In other words, I don't think it's the answer to the problem; I think it's a short-term solution.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by LindaGrace

I don't understand the bolded. Fund churches for the public? Anybody in the world can come to my church, which I guess means it's funded for the public by the people who are members. Right?

I don't get what this has to do with libraries either.

I agree that combining the HS library with a public library is a good option so long as the city starts working to build standalone libraries in the areas that need them. In other words, I don't think it's the answer to the problem; I think it's a short-term solution.

oops, i meant to say fund "Libraries" for the public. Churches claim that they should not pay taxes b/c they allegedly do community services. what greater community service could be performed than the funding of libraries? the libraries here in SA are few and crowded, whereas there seems to be a church on every corner. i can't think of a better way to share their wealth than by helping to fund the addition of more libraries for the city.

[Herbrocks]

Great for the HS but if I can't go during the day, I will prob not use the location much, even though it is close. It will be handy for returning items perhaps.

Sadly, many branches just slashed their hours, now opening later and closing earlier.

[LindaGrace]

Herbrocks, I'm sure you know this, but the branches did not CHOOSE to slash their hours or their staff. That came from the library director and the city - THEY were the ones who forced budget cuts, in turn forcing the libraries to cut their hours and in some cases their staff.