School boards across the country are opening their school facilities up for use after the school day and in the evening. This trend is the result of public demands for additional services, improved efficiency, and economy. (Author/DN)

Five programs that use community aides to assist teachers with environmental education projects are discussed. A profile gives characteristics of the typical environmental aide. The aides tend to see themselves as "specialists" as indicated by their selection of supplementary activities. Teachers' activity listings indicate they see the aide's…

This paper discusses the importance of generating more support for the public schools among nonparent taxpayers and offers numerous suggestions for communicating with nonparents and involving them in the schools. The author points out that only 26 percent of all homes have school-age children and argues that, although many schools do a good job of…

The objective of this paper is to describe the procedures and results of a board of education using a community committee in the selection of a new superintendent. The use of a committee in this role is unusual, given the board's legal responsibility and the significance of the task. An analysis of the procedures and results indicates that the…

Community bilingual education, which utilizes the community's language for educational instruction and values the community culture, narrows the communication gap between the community and the educational institutions. Thus, in the spring of 1976, "Aztlan en Kansas: Asistencia Tecnologica" was initiated to provide technical assistance to…

Six case studies are presented of School Community Councils (SCCs) in the Urban/Rural School Development Program of the Stanford University Leadership Training Institute. The councils were organized to facilitate school improvement and development through the incorporation of both school and community input. Each SCC was composed of two…

In this document some of the issues and events surrounding school desegregation in Boston are addressed in an effort to help affected parents and students. Information is provided on the legal rights of parents who have been harassed for cooperating with desegregation laws. Some notes of a coordinator describing the busing of students and parent…

This paper presents the findings of a one year national study. The research was directed at determining the status of culturally pluralistic programs in 29 urban school districts across the United States. Statistical and descriptive information was gathered from 130 urban school districts by means of questionnaires and observation teams. Among the…

Suggests that architects and planners will need interpersonal skills to cope with the complex job of planning for community education programs. (DW)