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If you could accomplish, or see accomplished, one thing to further the cause of family literacy in the next five years, what would it be?

If I could accomplish one thing to further the cause of family literacy in the next five years, it would be to create a family learning center at our school’s library. I would like to see my library opened up to the community and have parents come in to read to their children, or just come in to the library with their young children to listen to a read-aloud, something like they do in the public libraries. I am starting a “Book in Bag” program where each Kindergarten student will be taking home a book to share with their parents at home. This is an effort to have parents read to their children at home.