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Hello, everyone and thank you for your responses. Here's a compellation of what I received regarding what other libraries have done about teen spaces and after school procedures. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Designated different areas of the building for different noise levels
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Quiet meeting room </span>for those who want to study,<span style="font-weight: 700;"> after-school group
</span>meets to plan events, events</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Very large room on the second floor for teens</span> - lots of seating. Designated for grades 7-12, so no adults unless it’s a tutor or guardian. An
<span style="font-weight: 700;">afterschool program called Teen Space to play Xbox and switch, ping pong, board games, and homework in the meeting room everyday from 2:45-5pm staffed by two people</span>. They must show proof of their student or age status.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Area for different groups of teens to hang out</span> with computers, books, and seating. Have a
<span style="font-weight: 700;">“three strikes” rule</span> where they leave for the day if they need to be spoken to about behavior three times.
<span style="font-weight: 700;">Boredom Box</span> filled with colored pencils, yarn, knitting needles. Board games.
<span style="font-weight: 700;">Events</span>. Popular <span style="font-weight: 700;">
volunteer program and gives out snacks to just volunteers.</span></div>
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<div role="presentation" class="elementToProof">They hired 3 monitors for 50 kids after school who were retired school teachers to wander areas where teens congregated, but they were later fired to save money and the burden of keeping the kids in line fell
onto the frontline library staff...resulting in many more kids misbehaving. They highly recommend
<span style="font-weight: 700;">having someone directly responsible for managing the kids</span>.</div>
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<div role="presentation" class="elementToProof"><b>C</b><span style="font-weight: 700;">loses from 3-4pm</span> every day during the school year. People only allowed in one at a time for specific purposes like picking up a hold (no studying or hanging out). </div>
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<div role="presentation" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Expectations poster</span> and a
<span style="font-weight: 700;">consequences guideline sheet</span>. Also an “afterschool” chat in Teams that all staff are part of to keep track of who has already been reminded or warned. Call parents/school when there is a ban.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Library Staff Dos and Don’ts List</span>. <span style="font-weight: 700;">
Partner with the local school district</span> so that the expectations of the community regarding the library are consistent and reinforced. Visit the schools, speak at school board meetings</div>
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<b>Storm Hawthorn (she/her) | Teen Services & Schools Liaison Librarian</b></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">shawthorn@elpl.org</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 29, 2025 10:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Teen Spaces & After School</font>
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Hello!</div>
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At our library, we get a large amount of teens and tweens after school, and we are looking at reassessing our space to accommodate them as well as explore ways to enforce expectations to make our library welcome for all patrons. If you could share what your
library has done that has been successful during afterschool traffic and what your teens spaces look like, that would be incredibly helpful!</div>
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Thank you so much!</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:10pt; color:black">East Lansing Public Library</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:10pt; color:black">950 Abbot Rd | East Lansing, MI 48823</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:10pt; color:black">(517) 319-6516 |
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(70,120,134)">shawthorn@elpl.org</span></p>
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