Question

review the letter to the editor and then answer the question. i was dismayed on friday when the ashland city council announced its intent to reduce library hours at all branches in an effort to cut costs. this reduction in services will negatively impact students in our community. i have worked at the downtown branch for more than a decade, and ive seen just how important the library is. every day, dozens of students come to the library after school to do homework. for many students, there are no other safe, supervised spaces available during the afternoons. to protect this space, contact your city council representatives and speak out against reducing library hours! what is the texts main purpose? to encourage readers to support current library hours to encourage readers to support measures to extend library hours to show the importance of libraries for teenagers to encourage protests to keep libraries open

Explanation:

El autor se queja de la intención del Concejo Municipal de Ashland de reducir las horas de servicio de las bibliotecas para ahorrar costos y destaca el impacto negativo en los estudiantes. Finalmente, insta a los lectores a contactar a los representantes del concejo municipal y oponerse a la reducción de horas.

Answer:

to encourage readers to support current library hours