Community education is a broad approach, used by all education agencies providing for people's educational needs. (Author)

With careful planning and slight additional cost, a school can be a community facility and deliver a composite of essential services to a broader range of citizens over a greater time period. (Author)

Grassroots organizing, planning, and political strength have resulted in a community school. (Author/MLF)

An interagency planning process, with citizen participation, for the shared use of educational facilities can lead to increased availability of educational facilities, enhanced revenue potential from building use, and improved facility design. (Author/MLF)

A study shows that a municipality could save more than $1.5 million by including community facilities in a school building. (MLF)

The school site design is now seen as part of community planning. Recreational, cultural, social, and educational facilities for adults are included in educational specifications. Three illustrations and two photographs demonstrated attractive school sites. Site area requirements for a new high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico are summarized. (MLF)

A community school complex in Miami Beach, Florida, that is being funded by the city, Dade County School Board, and state and federal governments will efficiently meet the expressed needs of the community. (MLF)

Outlines the necessary considerations involved in planning interagency ventures. (Author/MLF)

Experience in cooperatively planning numerous community education programs indicates that the development of a "plan for planning" saves time and money, builds mutual trust and respect, and leads to successful and creative products. (Author/MLF)

Many communities have more school space than they need, while demands for community-based services are growing. Reuse of surplus schools as community school centers is an option worth exploring. (Author/MLF)