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I like the idea but there are a lot of considerations as to staffing and security. If it just included the books it would be one thing, but if it included use of computers that is a whole other ballgame...

I guess the Gsbo library system would know best as to the major concerns the schools would face...

Some years ago, I worked as a school librarian in the Athens Drive HS in Raleigh. It was one of several school libraries that doubled as a public library in Wake County. During the day there were both school and public librarians and the daytime rules were pretty much what the school set up; after 4 pm, it was just a public library and was staffed only by public librarians and then operated under those rules. That library seemed to run very smoothly and had several advantages: the budget funds from both Wake County Schools and Library enhanced the holdings of the library; students were enjoined to behave appropriately during the day when mothers with young children or elderly people might be using the library, the daily library hours were from 8-9 pm with hours on both Saturday and Sunday; it allowed a greater utilization of a facility.

Granted, this was before the internet, but I don't believe that alone would change the entire tone and atmosphere of the place. Also, the building was designed for this very purpose and the egress into the library was combined with the entrance to the front of the building but the school then had a separate entrance which could be locked when school was not in session. Also, they had a book security system before many schools could afford such.

I think this is an idea which has been too long in coming to Guilford County.

We pay for them.
This would be one way that home schools could benefit.
My experience in that area was a complete disconnect- The school employee (who has no problem taking her salary from the pool of confiscated income) I approached was not only rude, but ignorant of the fact that Homeschooling is legal, and regardless of the fact that we used none of "her" resources, I paid the same taxes as those with a half dozen kids in school.