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Unattended Children

 

UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN POLICY
 
 
Policy concerning unsupervised children left in the library:
 
1)      Preschoolers (under the age of six) may not be left unattended in the library unless they are participating in a library-sponsored program.
 
2)      Unattended school-age children are free to utilize the library’s resources as long as needed, provided their behavior is not disruptive to other patrons or staff members.
 
3)      At times, however, unattended children may create a problem when they have no apparent purposeful intent to use library resources. In such situations, children become bored and then place unfair demands on library staff to provide supervision and entertainment. Generally, these children are not at the library on their own accord; rather, they must wait at the library until a parent comes for them. This situation occurs when parents attempt to use the library as a child care center.
 
4)      The Library Board asserts that it is the parents’ responsibility to provide child care; the library must not be used for this purpose. If, on repeated occasions, library staff notices unattended children with no observable intent to use library resources, the children will be identified and the Director will send a letter explaining the Library Board’s position on this matter to the parents. If the problem persists, further action may be taken at the discretion of the Director and the Library Board.
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| Last updated July 14, 2009