This month's meeting of the Library Board is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, and I'm told there is a great deal of behind-the-scenes jockeying over who will be running the board in the coming year. It's an important question because the public has given the current board leadership a thumbs down in the wake of numerous controversial actions, like trying to change the library's name (from the traditional Bayard Taylor Memorial Library to "Kennett Public Library"). A feasibility study done to assess the library's chances of raising funds for a new building even suggested that the president and vice president resign on the spot.
The president, Susan Mackey-Kallis, has not resigned but will be spending the first half of 2016 teaching in Japan. The (then) vice president did resign and was replaced by Karen Ammon. Many new members have joined the board in the past few months, and I'm hopeful they'll turn the board in a positive direction.
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