This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program is the second of two that focus on the topic of school consolidation. In separate segments of the program, Wendy Blair and John Merrow of National Public Radio discuss declining school enrollment and school consolidation; Philadelphia school system administrator Ann Bush and school system employee Bill Jones discuss declining enrollment in Philadelphia; San Francisco superintendent Robert Alioto and teacher spokesman David Klishman discuss declining enrollment in San Francisco; Thomas Shannon of the National School Boards Association discusses the impact of declining enrollment; author Jonathan Sher discusses whether closing small schools saves money; Madan Draya and Jim Banks of Washington, D.C. discuss "recycling" old school buildings; Conrad Smith, Betty Ann Kane, and Jay Weldon Greene from the Washington, D.C. school board and district administration discuss Washington's school building program; Joannie Flat of the Mesa Arizona School District discusses the advantages of a district with increasing enrollment; John Bristol, superintendent of a suburban Minnesota district, discusses the problems associated with increasing enrollment; and Louis Ploch of the University of Maine and Bangor superintendent Wendall Eton discuss the impact of shifting population in Maine. (JG)