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Overdue Materials and Fines


  1. Notices
  2. Fines
  3. Replacement Costs
  4. Interlibrary Loan

Notices

The following procedure is used to notify students of overdue materials.
Biweekly notices to student         after due date
Letter to parents         after two months
No pass list         after three months
Letter to parents/Notice to Assistant Principal         after four months

Fines

There are no fines on regular library books that circulate for two weeks. $.50 per school day, per item up to $5.00 will be charged on the following
  • Reference books
  • Reserve books
  • Magazines (current issues)
  • Audiobooks
  • Videotapes & DVDs
  • Audiovisual equipment
  • Elevator keys
$.50 per school day, up to fine limit of the lending library
  • Interlibrary loan
$.50 per hour, per item up to $1.00 will be charged on the following
  • Newspapers
$.50 per hour, per item up to $5.00 will be charged on the following
  • Calculators
  • Protractors
  • Rulers
  • Scissors
  • Stencils

Replacement Costs

Students will be charged the replacement cost of the lost or unrepairable item at the discretion of the library staff. If the item is out of print and the value cannot be determined, the following schedule applies:
Regular fiction paperbacks         $9.00
Oversized fiction paperbacks         $15.00
Non-fiction paperbacks         $25.00
Hardcover books         $35.00
Reference books         $100.00
Audiobooks         $45.00
Videotapes & DVDs         $45.00
Audiovisual equipment         Actual cost of repair or replacement

Students will be charged $10.00 for books that have been damaged and need to be rebound. Students will be charged $3.00 to mend books that can be repaired in-house.

Note: Students who have overdue materials or owe fines or money for lost materials will not be permitted to borrow any additional items until they have taken care of all obligations.

Students owing materials or fines will be permitted to arrange payment by working in the library after school at the rate of $7.00 per hour. Students sign up at the library circulation desk for the day they choose to work. Students who sign up to work and then fail to show up with no explanation will lose the opportunity to work off what they owe.


Interlibrary Loan

Students are responsible for any interlibrary loan material that we borrow for them from another lending library. Should a student lose or damage an interlibrary loan material, that student will be charged the replacement cost of the material or the cost to repair the material. The lending library will determine the relevant charges for the material in question. Any fines that are accrued through the use of interlibrary will also need to be paid.


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