Mayor spearheaded initiative with council, community, businesses to help raise $40,000 for a new library at the 60-year-old school
A library revitalization at Maple Leaf Public School in Newmarket has made a big difference in making students feel worthy, according to staff.
The school is 60 years old and the library was 40 years old. Its mission is making students feel welcome, worthy and safe — and the old library was not doing that, according to Robyn Zimmerman, who has been a teacher at the school for 17 years.
“We believe our kids are worthy of having this kind of library and they didn’t (have it),” she said.
However, she said it seemed like such an ambitious dream that for years they just accepted the outdated space.
Then in December 2021, she reached out to Mayor John Taylor to explain the need for a new library.
“What was a passing thought…
