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Direct linkPost, David; Stambach, Amy – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1999
Analyzes the debate over closure of a rural Pennsylvania high school and consolidation with a much larger school in the state's geographically largest school district. Discusses parent survey results, which highlight the enduring social tension between the centralizing efforts of governing bodies and the interests of local communities in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Community Control, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Ina; Thorpe, Richard – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1998
Discusses collaboration among small rural schools in Wales and how such collaboration is supported by the education authorities. Recent legislation led to the reorganization of Welsh education authorities and this, together with new demands and reduced resources, affected their support for small rural schools. Three models of school collaboration…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Education
Streifel, James S.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1991
Examination of 19 school district consolidations in 10 states, 1980-84, revealed that, of 6 expenditure categories, only administration showed significant savings 3 years after consolidation, when compared to changes in state average costs during that period. Changes in other expenditure categories varied widely among districts. Contains 22…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Ward, James G.; Rink, Francis J. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1992
In 1985, Illinois adopted state legislation supporting school district mergers. In one rural district studied, local opposition to consolidation was based on self-interest, ideologies of localism and traditionalism, and (to a lesser extent) research information. Implications for policymakers and the complexity of the "local control"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Control, Consolidated Schools
Sederberg, Charles H. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1991
Presents a computerized programmatic feasibility model for estimating revenues and expenditures of Minnesota school districts to determine whether a district or combination of districts could offer state-mandated instructional and support services on a continuing basis. Discusses four pilot applications relating to reorganization decisions. (SV)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Howley, Craig B. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
Details the legal historical influences at work on behalf of the state's authority to establish, revise, and disestablish schools and districts. Speculates on the future of the territorial basis of mass education, in light of legal battles of the past and present and the postmodern development of educational technology. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Court Litigation, Distance Education, Educational History
