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Direct linkAwwad, Yousef; Burnham, John W.; Wilton, Courtney – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Portland Public Schools serves nearly 50,000 students in 90 schools averaging 77 years of age. Building age combined with decades of deferred maintenance created serious health and safety issues, numerous unfavorable media reports, and an irate public. In response, PPS Board of Directors commissioned an independent evaluation of various…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Trust (Psychology), Public Opinion, School Buildings
Ogletree, Earl – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Financial Policy
Deasy, John E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The superintendent of Coventry (Rhode Island) Schools explains how he converted annual town meetings from uncivil, interminable budget-slashing sessions to expressions of community support for student-centered reforms and a construction/renovation bond issue. The board grasped assessment difficulties by taking state-mandated tests for…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Budgets, Community Relations
Hoke, Fred A.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Reports a Federally financed countywide project to identify the causes of public neglect of the schools and to list remedies. (Author)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Community Involvement, Community Support, Federal Programs
