Twelve communication ideas are outlined for developing a low or no cost communication system between a school and its community. Good communication with the community makes a school principal's life easier. (MD)

Beginning on the front cover, this article advises superintendents how to identify and gain access to the community power structure in order to achieve the community's educational goals. Five basic ways that schools may react to power are identified. (MLF)

At the Star Commonwealth School (Ohio) for troubled students, students and staff engage in a variety of community volunteer activities, typically with senior citizens, smaller children, and the handicapped. (SW)

Perceptions of school-community relations by 104 building principals (from a sample of 177 in selected Illinois school districts) reveal ambiguity in support for and direction of school-community relations by school districts, policies and procedures manuals, written guidelines, and budgetary provisions. (Author/MLF)

A student-run, statewide art organization in Louisiana emphasizes the participation of youth in the visual arts and the sharing of their work with the public. The organization is an affiliation of junior and senior high school art club members who profess an interest in the visual arts. (RM)

Suggests that having students write for the school page of a local newspaper is a way for a high school newspaper adviser to justify the publication program to the principal, cut the costs for the school board, and provide the students with a legitimate journalism experience. (JL)

Describes "4-H in the Schools," a cost-effective alternative for reaching youth at a time and place where their numbers are significant. Schools offer opportunities to reach a wide variety of youth or to target specific groups. (Author)

The development of the Institute of Child Guidance and Development, a university-affiliated unit for exceptional students, is traced from its establishment in 1968. Its teaching and research activities and the interrelationship of the institute and the community are examined. (Author)

Describes a program carried out at the St. Paul, Minnesota Open School, in which junior and senior high school students are engaged in consumer advocacy for the community. (Author/GC)

Describes a program designed to help business people become aware of productivity offerings through vocational and technical education. The program includes a presentation given to civic groups and professional organizations which discusses what productivity is, current trends, and future implications. (CT)

Referral of a child/family for outside counseling confronts school psychologists on a frequent basis. The literature is reviewed in order to describe procedures of a cooperative program between a school district and a community mental health center which is designed for keeping initial counseling appointments. (Author/RL)

A community involvement success story about an advisory committee that began its work almost one year before the purchase of the school site. (Author)

Urges that schools mount public relations programs that emphasize the accomplishments of the schools and give brief accounts of some successful programs. (IRT)

A study of vocational advisory council members has produced a rank-ordering of advisory activities in terms of their perceived importance. The most valuable activities provide for translation or interpretation of the community to the school. The least valuable provide assistance to the school in drawing upon the resources of the community. (CT)

A positive attitude toward the development of a local educational program, actively incorporating community involvement, can pave the way to high morale and academic success and provoke an optimistic outlook on education's future. (Author/PGD)