“If this goes forward, libraries in [D.C. Public Schools] are just going to die,” predicted Peter MacPherson with the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parents Organization, which opposes Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s plan to cut funding for librarians at schools with populations of 299 or fewer beginning 2013. “We have incredibly solid academic research about the benefits of libraries.”
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