Dana Milyo

Review of Haltom City Public Library

This library has taken the most extreme and nonsen...

This library has taken the most extreme and nonsensical approach to Covid precautions of any facility I've seen anywhere, short of closing down completely.
Yellow caution tape is draped over every possible seating option, except for appointment-only, one-hour-limit computer desks.

One day last month, I used one of these to homeschool my son with special needs.

When our time was up, a staff member approached us. I calmly explained that since there were plenty of other desks for other potential visitors, and no upcoming reservations for our desk, we required a few extra minutes to complete our work before leaving. Rather than applying patience, empathy, and common sense to the situation, the staff here called the police and filed trespassing charges to have us removed.

This is no doubt a beautiful facility, but the unkind and inflexible attitude of the staff creates a hostile and unneighborly environment.
Haltom City should be ashamed.