The library media center budget is based on a per pupil allotment. Additional funds can be raised through book fairs or grants. The budget below is based on a $9.60 per pupil allotment with a 632 student enrollment totaling $6,067.20. Databases are not included because they are not purchased with the allotment. The district buys the databases.
Information on this page was taken and/or adapted from the 2017 Maryland Report Card, School Library Journal, an elementary school librarian, and Titlewave.
Works Cited
"Enrollment." 2017 Maryland Report Card. 22 May 2018, reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Enrollment.aspx?PV=34:17:03:0102:1:N:0:13:1:2:1:1:1:1:3.
Jacobson, Linda. "Big Fish, Small Budget: Insights from SLJ's 2017 Spending Survey." School Library Journal, 1 Mar. 2018,
www.slj.com/2018/03/budgets-funding/big-fish-small-budget-insights-sljs-2017-spending-survey/.
Lopez, Cassandra. "RE: Yearly Library Budget", Received by Julie Papperman, 1 Nov. 2017.
"SLJ's Average Book Prices for 2018." School Library Journal, 22 May 2018, _www.slj.com/2018/03/books-media/sljs-average-book-prices-2018/#_.
Titlewave. Follett, 2018, www.titlewave.com/.
Jacobson, Linda. "Big Fish, Small Budget: Insights from SLJ's 2017 Spending Survey." School Library Journal, 1 Mar. 2018,
www.slj.com/2018/03/budgets-funding/big-fish-small-budget-insights-sljs-2017-spending-survey/.
Lopez, Cassandra. "RE: Yearly Library Budget", Received by Julie Papperman, 1 Nov. 2017.
"SLJ's Average Book Prices for 2018." School Library Journal, 22 May 2018, _www.slj.com/2018/03/books-media/sljs-average-book-prices-2018/#_.
Titlewave. Follett, 2018, www.titlewave.com/.