CLT Vocabulary: Ideas and Community
Words for knowledge, community, and public life, each in a short sentence.
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Senior reading list
The librarian set aside the novels that belong to the canon of books every senior reads.
Help beside the clinic
Three members of the faculty stayed to help students in the room next to the clinic.
A year of local history
The public library gave a senior a fellowship so she could study neighborhood history for a year.
Frame by the door
The charter of the neighborhood school hangs in a frame by the library door.
Sharing the nurse
The school and the clinic signed a compact to share the nurse on weekday mornings.
Night hours
The large town vote gave the council a mandate to keep the small library open at night.
Ballot exhibit
The library exhibit showed how the franchise let more neighbors cast a ballot in town elections.
A quiet place to rest
The school clinic opened a quiet ward for students who needed to lie down.
Friday books
It is a neighborhood custom to leave spare books on the library steps each Friday.
Families on the street
The school festival celebrated the culture of the families who live on the same street.
Choosing history
History became her discipline after she joined the library research club.
Health class reading
The clinic kept a medical journal on the table for students in the health class.
Association paper
The neighborhood association prints an organ with news of the library and the clinic.
Short town report
The librarian wrote a digest of the long town report and posted it by the door.
Path argument
The law student submitted a brief to the town court arguing that the walking path should stay open.
Speaking for the clinic
The neighborhood clinic hired counsel to speak for it at the town meeting.
Free legal help
After law school she joined the bar and offered free help at the neighborhood clinic.
Hours dispute
The dispute over library hours came before the bench on Monday morning.
Side door
The court ruled that the clinic could keep its side door open.
Late bus
Parents filed a suit so the school would keep the late bus to the library.
First item
The case about the shared clinic was the first item on the town court's list.
Clinic lease
The town held a hearing in the library so both sides could present arguments about the clinic lease.
Patient list
The charge was that the clinic had posted a list of patients on the library wall.
Hours of library work
The judge set the sentence at twenty hours of work in the school library.
Open on Saturday
The court made an order that the neighborhood clinic stay open on Saturdays.
No food inside
A posted rule tells students to keep food out of the library reading room.
Weekend clinic plan
Students at the library read the bill that the town council hoped to pass for a weekend clinic.
A nurse in each school
A new act requires every neighborhood school to keep a nurse in its clinic.
Land beside the library
The neighborhood association holds title to the empty land beside the library.
The old house
The clerk recorded the deed that gave the old house to the public library.
Oak Street house
Her will left the house on Oak Street to the neighborhood clinic.
Land held for readers
The family placed the corner land in a trust for the public library.
Trunk of books
The estate included a trunk of books that the heirs gave to the school library.
Shared building
The clinic kept a half interest in the building it shared with the library.
New library roof
The town sold a bond to pay for a new roof on the public library.
Bandage cabinet
The clinic keeps a stock of bandages in the cabinet by the school gym.
More copies
The school paper raised its circulation by leaving copies in the clinic waiting room.
Science magazine
Her subscription brings the science magazine to the school library each month.
Money for books
The library received a grant to buy science books for the clinic waiting room.
Income for books
Income from an endowment pays for new books at the neighborhood library every year.
Reading garden
The reading garden is the legacy of a teacher who started the after-school library club.
Street festival
The street festival honors the heritage of the families who built the neighborhood school.
Children's shelves
A patron paid for the new shelves in the children's room of the library.
Committee president
She accepted the office of library committee president at the neighborhood meeting.
Clinic desk
He left his post at the clinic desk to walk a student back to class.
Council place
She won a seat on the neighborhood council that oversees the library.
Leading the committee
The librarian accepted the chair of the library committee.
Money for libraries
The student delegates visited the house that votes on money for public libraries.
Funds delayed
The upper chamber delayed the decision on funds for the neighborhood clinic.
Summer clinic
A lobby of parents asked the council to keep the school clinic open in summer.
Places on the council
Her party won most of the places on the council that runs the town library.
Longer hours
The wing that favored longer library hours held a meeting in the school cafeteria.
Committee candidates
The neighborhood group offered a slate of candidates for the library committee.
Saturday promise
Neighbors voted for the ticket that promised Saturday hours at the small library.
A nurse nearby
Their platform called for a nurse in every neighborhood school clinic.
Gym election
She won the primary held in the school gym and then spoke about the clinic.
Opening time
The library class took a poll about whether the clinic should open earlier.
Library results
The clerk posted the return showing how each street voted on the new library.
Ballots on the tables
Voters in our precinct cast ballots at the tables in the school library.
Students' streets
The clinic stands in the quarter where most of the students live.
Corner books
Families on our block share the little library on the corner.
Garden behind the clinic
The school garden grows on a plot behind the neighborhood clinic.
Land next door
The library hopes to buy the empty lot next to the school clinic.
Between the buildings
Children play in the park between the school and the public library.
Sale in front
The book sale filled the square in front of the public library.
Saturday stalls
The Saturday market sets up in the schoolyard beside the library.
Raising money
The school fair raised money for the clinic and the library.
Hiring a nurse
The library board voted to hire a nurse for the school clinic.
Schedule talk
A panel of neighbors met at the library to discuss the clinic schedule.
Students in the library
The student body gathered in the library for the neighborhood meeting.
Room beside the clinic
The new branch of the library opened in a room next to the clinic.
Reading society
The local chapter of the reading society meets in the school library.
Thursday read-aloud
A circle of neighbors reads aloud in the library every Thursday.
Clinic staff meeting
The clinic staff formed a union and met the school leaders in the library.
Library bookstore
A small company runs the bookstore inside the public library.
Doctor next door
The doctor moved her practice into the clinic beside the high school.
Bus stop
The bus service stops at the library and then at the neighborhood clinic.
Supplies held
The clinic's imported supplies were held until the duty was paid.
Booth on the road
Drivers pay a toll at the booth on the road that leads to the school clinic.
Roof repair
The town approved a levy to repair the school library roof.
Tax on the land
The library received the assessment of the corner land before the town set the tax.
Late book fines
Fines for late books are a small revenue for the public library.
Club money
The class play added fifty dollars to the club treasury that buys library books.
Hours in the agreement
One provision in the town agreement keeps the clinic open during school hours.
Funds for a nurse
The council passed a measure that funds a nurse for the school clinic.
Clinic use
An article in the town laws lets students use the clinic during library hours.
Visit list
The town code requires the school clinic to keep a list of each visit.
Open on election day
The rule in section 4 of the town laws keeps the library open on election day.
Setting the hours
The council has the power to set the hours of the public library.
Storm closing
The health authority closed the school clinic during the storm warning.
Saturday decision
Students asked for a voice in the decision about Saturday library hours.
Earlier opening
Each student cast a vote on whether the library should open earlier.
Meetings in the library
Neighbors defended their right to attend meetings in the public library.
Paper on the wall
The clinic hung its license on the wall beside the school nurse's desk.
Summer borrowing
Seniors have the privilege of borrowing library books for the whole summer.
Fine waived
Student volunteers received immunity from the usual library fine during exam week.
Locked cabinet
The officer brought a warrant to the clinic before looking through the locked cabinet.
Clinic brace
The science club holds a patent on the simple brace designed in the school clinic.
Requesting a book
The librarian explained the process for requesting a book from another library.
Every visit
The clinic keeps a record of every visit by a student from the school.
Visit sheets
The nurse opened the file of visit sheets kept in the clinic cabinet.
After-school room
The clinic keeps a log of who uses the after-school health room.
Each student
The nurse added an entry for each student who came to the clinic.
Door message
The teacher left a note on the clinic door saying she would be back from the library soon.
May totals
The nurse wrote a report on how many students used the clinic in May.
Early closing
A notice on the library door said the clinic would close early on Friday.
New hours
The school sent out a release about the new hours at the neighborhood clinic.
New library name
The clerk pressed the town seal onto the letter that gave the library its new name.