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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Morning!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you begun or promoted any statewide school and public library partnerships? Or other statewide initiatives for schoolage children that involved schools and other local community partners? Can you describe them please?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m exploring a project that will have something to do with encouraging my public libraries to partner with their local schools and other community assets to promote literacy rates, specifically the third grade reading levels…wondering
what has already been tried <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rebecca<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rebecca Antill, MLIS<br>
Youth Services Consultant<br>
1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201<br>
803-734-8284| </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:rantill@statelibrary.sc.gov">rantill@statelibrary.sc.gov</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Innovation
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">|<i> Collaboration
</i>|<i> Participation</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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