This handbook is designed to aid school districts that are considering either implementing a year-round program for the first time or improving and expanding an existing year-round program. The handbook is organized in 11 chapters that discuss the following topics: introduction to the year-round school, reorganizing the school calendar, adopting…

Photographs, building plans, location maps, site plans, and descriptive material for 12 small elementary schools are presented in this publication. The plans presented cover physical facilities of the type and quality that are required for the successful operation of the educational programs offered by small schools. Each of these plans reflects…