Proposed cuts in teacher-librarian positions across 58 Catholic schools pose a big question. What happens to school libraries if the teacher-librarians who lead them disappear? And what happens to the students at those schools?
According to a letter distributed to Catholic primary schools in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese about proposed staff restructuring in 2027, 58 teacher-librarians could be redeployed to other curriculum areas, with library assistants or student support officers potentially taking responsibility for school libraries.
