“Oh ho. Oh hey. Librarians gotta stay.”

Link to Mahy 18 Racine Journal Times article, "Community fights for librarians".

Excerpt: To get into the Racine Unified School District board meeting Monday, attendees had to weave through a crowd of more than 50 ralliers and plug their ears as a bullhorn loudly belted, “Oh ho. Oh hey. Librarians gotta stay.”

These ralliers were armed with signs and ready to raise their voices in hopes that Unified will use federal stimulus money to bring more librarians to the district’s elementary schools.

Currently, three of Unified’s 21 elementary schools have librarians present daily while the other 18 schools have librarians that switch between two schools every other week, said district spokeswoman Stephanie Hayden.

During a week when a librarian is not at an elementary school, the school’s library remains open but children cannot check out materials, Hayden said.