Elmira High School recently welcomed new staff member Tessa Slager, who says she has big plans for the next chapter of the campus library.
Among her goals as the coordinator of the school’s library services, Slager said she hopes one side of the library will serve as a workplace where students can study, and the other side will be more of a hangout place and creative space.
“I want to put up decorations and move the books around to maximize space,” Slager said.
She said that what made her want to work in a library was that she wanted to create a safe place for kids to relax and have a good time and not have to worry about life.
Before joining Elmira High School, Slager worked as a preschool teacher.
Slager has already put her own touch on the library space. There are plants all over, and she has started moving things around, including books and magazines.
She called her new position her “unicorn job” because she always wanted to work in a library.
When asked if working in a library was hard, she said, “Sometimes yes, but you are always on your feet and it sometimes gets busy.”
Students who walk into the library might do a double take because her twin sister is EHS English teacher Emmy Erwin.
