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Direct linkSpader, Karin A. – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2007
In 2000, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included neighborhood schools in its list of America's Eleven Most Endangered Historic Places, noting how many small neighborhood schools were closing. In rural areas, particularly, this may be caused by steadily declining enrollment that has forced districts to consolidate and close one, or…
Descriptors: School Closing, Rural Areas, Public Support, Preservation
Liebenstein, Ann M. – Rural Research Report, 1998
The possibility of converting a vacated school building into a useful resource presents a community with an interesting situation. During a 5-year period ending in 1997, over 100 rural Illinois communities encountered this situation. This report explores what happens to vacant school buildings and offers case studies of various re-uses, new…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Involvement
Download full textEducational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1976
National census data suggest a sustained period of no growth or modest growth in births; however, migration variations in the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas and in different regions of the country portend the importance of local community planning for the future of high school facilities. The place of the high school in the scheme of…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Declining Enrollment
