Sixth Grader Protests School’s Slashed Library Time

12.20.24 – Sixth grade student Rainier Long is an avid reader. When his school, Carlos Gilbert Elementary in Santa Fe, cut library time to make room for a technology class, Rainier organized a series of escalating protests. Rainier tells Our Land’s Laura Paskus why he believes time spent in a school library is just as important as any other class subject.    

Correspondent: Laura Paskus 

Guest: Rainier Long, Student, Carlos Gilbert Elementary