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Show GARFIELD STUDENTS GET BOOKS ON UNUSUAL BOOK-LEASING PLAN Under a new plan just adopted by the Garfield County School District, students can take home from now - - directly the classroom and for an unlimited time - - the latest books by leading publishers. These books will be available to the students when school starts in the fall. These hardback books are non-text or "curriculum enrichment" books, and are for use in the home as reference sources in doing homework and for general reading purposes Superintendent of Schools Dr. Vermon Barney, in announcing the new program, said that the new books are leased rather than sold to the schools Because the participating company replaces missing or damaged books, the un usual "rent-a-book" plan should prove highly economical for the school district the superintendent said. In addition, he continued, the plan will make large numbers of books available in the home to many students who might otherwise not have access to them Under the terms of the unusual book-leasing plan, books (continued inside) GARFIELD STUDENTS GET BOOKS ON UNUSUAL BOOK-LEASING PLAN (continued from front page) become the property of the school after a four-year leasing program. This could cut the cost of high-quality books for school use by as much as 50 per cent versus the price of outright purchase. At the end of the contract period, additional books can be ordered at a price which can provide a substantial hedge against the constantly escalating cost of school books There Is no charge for financing or shipping. The handsome, library-bound books Include such substantial reference works as dictionaries and encyclopedias. Alto available to studnts are cloth-bound books covering such subjects as history, geography, science, social studies, art, music and sports. The Fundamentl goal of this plan is to encourage the child to read - - and to read In the home as well as in school. To make books as readily available as possible, the student need not go to a central library or engage in a complicated "checking out" procedure. In most cases, all he has to do to get a book Is take it off the shelf in his classroom, explained Dr. Barney. |