Shropshire Council are proposing to close the School Library Service which is housed at Shire Hall and provides exciting resources, books and artefacts to the vast majority of schools across the county who buy into this service without any public consultation.  It is an amazing hub and Shropshire should be proud of the investment in supporting children with reading.  All the educational research shows if children enjoy reading then they make the best progress in their education.

The School Library Service - SLS- create exciting topic boxes and mixes of books to engage and support children - children in schools get excited to see the boxes come in and explore what is in them.  Closing the School Library Service will barely make a dent in Shropshire’s deficit but it will take books out of the hands of children and entrench educational disadvantage.  Please sign below and ask the Council to rethink this decision before this valuable resource is lost for all future generations of Shropshire children.  If 1000 people sign then the Council will have to have a debate on this decision. 

We the undersigned demand a formal consultation on the decision to close the SLS, plus a commitment to rapidly explore and report on options to rehouse the existing library and maintain the service in some form, within a month and before any actions are taken to close it