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| American School Board Journal | 62 |
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| Journal Articles | 46 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 26 |
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| Opinion Papers | 8 |
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Johnson, Carroll F. – American School Board Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Community Involvement, Consultants, Public Relations
Erickson, Kenneth; Shinn, James – American School Board Journal, 1975
Recounts the training and preparation that went into the successful use of a 14-member screening committee that included 11 citizens with no previous experience in reviewing professional papers. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Cutler, Marilyn H. – American School Board Journal, 1976
The community, students, and staff were given a voice in the design of this junior high building. (IRT)
Descriptors: Building Design, Community Involvement, Educational Facilities Design, Junior High Schools
Carver, Janet – American School Board Journal, 1976
Outlines the steps one school district took to identify and get out the "yes" voters. (IRT)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Relations, School Budget Elections
Brody, Judith A. – American School Board Journal, 1976
School districts with experience in school closing emphasize the need for long-range planning and community involvement. (IRT)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Planning, Elementary Education, School Closing
Beck, Wesley W., Jr. – American School Board Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Elementary Education, School Closing
Ross, Victor J. – American School Board Journal, 1981
Relates the experience of the Bettendorf (Iowa) school system in seeking widespread community involvement in planning for drastic budget cuts. The participants' ranking of school programs is included. (WD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Planning, Program Budgeting
Wolf, Brent – American School Board Journal, 1982
A sagacious school board will ensure that its school system meets the needs of the whole community by adopting a policy supporting use of school facilities for adult education programs and activities. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Education, Community Involvement
Johnston, Richard L. – American School Board Journal, 1979
Citizen groups can help school boards by independently gathering faculty and administrator opinions without being a threat to either group, something that board-sponsored inquiry groups cannot do. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement
Stevenson, Kenneth R.; Terril, Terry – American School Board Journal, 1988
To help determine how limited funding resources might best improve school facilities, the Beaufort County (South Carolina) Schools instituted a broad-based citizens' facilities planning committee. After assessing needs, visiting schools, and gathering sufficient information, a coherent plan was adopted and a countywide bond referendum introduced…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Planning, Needs Assessment
Butler, Judy; Grier, Terry B. – American School Board Journal, 2000
A few years ago, the Williamson County (Tennessee) School District developed a strategic plan to encourage volunteers' participation. The plan includes a vision, goals, and objectives; strategies for increasing community involvement; recognition for all volunteers (via the Shining Apple Award); and program evaluation. (MLH)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Recognition (Achievement)
Jones, Philip G. – American School Board Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Lumpe, Gus – American School Board Journal, 1973
Parents and school board members gain a greater appreciation for how the other thinks. (WM)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Community Support, Decision Making
Parker, Barbara – American School Board Journal, 1979
Outlines arguments in favor of school-based management, which decentralizes a district's decision making so that parents, teachers, and administrators have more control over the curriculum and budget of individual schools. (IRT)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Decentralization, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Keating, Tom – American School Board Journal, 1994
To find out attitudes toward public participation at school board meetings, interviews were conducted with 22 board members and 20 average citizens, mainly from small to medium size districts in 16 states. Findings reveal that everyone agreed the public should have an opportunity to air opinions at meetings. Opinions vary about how boards should…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
